European history: medieval period, middle ages

In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree.

A new and accessible translation of Hariulf's History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic community from the seventh to the eleventh century.

In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses-Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora-changed history.

English Women's Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood uncovers a tradition of women's utopianism that extends back to medieval women's monasticism, overturning accounts of utopia that trace its origins solely to Thomas More.

Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188.

Julian of Norwich the best-known of the medieval mystics today.

The Middle Ages in Western Europe extended from roughly 500 to 1500 c.

This volume in honour of Mayke De Jong offers twenty-five essays focused upon the importance of religion to Frankish politics, a discourse to which De Jong herself has contributed greatly in her academic career.

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding.

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Winner of two 2025 CMA Book Awards from the Catholic Media Association: The Future of the Church (First Place), and Pastoral Ministry Catechetical (Third Place).

This book explores the connections between space and narrative through an in-depth analysis of the fourteenth-century Middle English Breton lays.

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In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished.

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court.

Essays consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time of considerable flux in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) would have been an extraordinary person in any age.

This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia.

Conservative thinkers of the early Middle Ages conceived of sensual gratification as a demonic snare contrived to debase the higher faculties of humanity, and they identified pagan writing as one of the primary conduits of decadence.

For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne.

Im Herzen des mittelalterlichen Skandinaviens erhebt sich eine Familie, die das Schicksal Dänemarks über Jahrhunderte hinweg prägen sollte: das Haus Estridsson.

Essays exploring the potential of the Inquisitions post mortem to shed important new light on the medieval world.

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Die "Tiroler Heimat" ist die traditionsreichste wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, die sich der Geschichte und Kultur der historischen Region Tirol widmet.

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This book challenges the standard conception of the Middle Ages as a time of persecution for Jews.

Civic identity and public space, focussing on Belfast, and bringing together the work of a historian and two social scientists, offers a new perspective on the sometimes lethal conflicts over parades, flags and other issues that continue to disrupt political life in Northern Ireland.

Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology.

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First translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance.

Multi-disciplinary approaches shed fresh light on the Frisian people and their changing cultures.

Thomas von Aquin, der „Engel der Schule“, gilt als einer der einflussreichsten Denker des Mittelalters.

First full investigation into the men of Agincourt - their service, backgrounds, lives and experiences.

The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes.

For a brief moment in 2019 Britain's politics looked like it might be transformed.

This collection explores the intersection of gender and mobility across the Global Middle Ages.

The societies of ancient Europe underwent a continual process of militarisation, and this would come to be a defining characteristic of the early Middle Ages.

The medieval Welsh bardic grammars were composed and transmitted during a period of intense social and political change in Wales.

'An enchanting new twist on a classic tale' Elodie Harper When the snow falls, she will be free.

Drawing on sources from archaeology and written texts, the author brings out the full significance of trees in both pagan and Christian Anglo-Saxon religion.