This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of the English and loss of Gascony and Bordeaux - a huge blow to English prestige and economic interest.
An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval EuropeBetween the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century and the economic transformations of the twelfth, coined money in western Europe was scarce and high in value, difficult for the majority of the population to make use of.
This fourth collection by Professor Andre Gouron presents a set of twenty studies on jurisprudence, jurists and legal practice in the 12th and 13th centuries.
From the 12th century onwards merchants from the north Italian and southern French towns were able to take advantage of Christian conquests in southern Italy, Sicily and the Levant to penetrate and dominate the markets of these regions and of North Africa.
This book is the coming together of several disciplines under the thematic umbrella of Viking Camps and provides the very latest research presented by the leading researchers in the field, making it the most comprehensive compilation of the phenomenon of Viking camps to date.
These articles seek to understand the attitudes and reactions of medieval society to both external threat and internal dissension, whether real or imagined.
New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and imagesTales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century.
The essential history of Anglo-Saxon England, brought completely up to date with new discoveries and interpretations The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England.
First Published in 1960, Social Life in Early England provides an authoritative introduction to the periods of English history usually taught in the middle school.
This book presents an introductory and comprehensive history of the Slavic-speaking peoples who inhabited Eastern and Southern Europe during the 700-year period stretching from the first archaeological and historical records to the establishment of their first organised polities.
This collection of Charles Burnett's articles on the transmission of Arabic learning to Europe concentrates on the identity of the Latin translators and the context in which they were working.
This book explores the connection between saints and animals, and how the power over animals has been a characteristic of saints from their beginnings in the Early Church.
Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries examines the power of medieval Irish kings but treats 'power' as a complex concept worthy of study in its own right.
Peter Thomas was a successful churchman and crusading papal legate of the 14th century who began his career as an impoverished Carmelite friar and ended it as Latin patriarch of Constantinople.
Peter Thomas was a successful churchman and crusading papal legate of the 14th century who began his career as an impoverished Carmelite friar and ended it as Latin patriarch of Constantinople.
Demonstrates how the evolution of food policy went hand-in-hand with political developments in medieval Tuscan city-statesFeeding the Medieval Italian Commune explores food security in medieval Italy through the political economy of grain in Tuscany, one of the most prosperous, populated, and culturally significant areas of later medieval Europe.
Demonstrates how the evolution of food policy went hand-in-hand with political developments in medieval Tuscan city-statesFeeding the Medieval Italian Commune explores food security in medieval Italy through the political economy of grain in Tuscany, one of the most prosperous, populated, and culturally significant areas of later medieval Europe.
A social, cultural, and environmental history of Europe's preindustrial mines and minersIn the late twelfth century CE, Europe began to experience its first, centuries-long mining boom.
A social, cultural, and environmental history of Europe's preindustrial mines and minersIn the late twelfth century CE, Europe began to experience its first, centuries-long mining boom.
A study of thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon that reveals the medieval thinking that erased non-Christian texts, actors, and cultures from the history of scienceIn his works, thirteenth-century English scholastic philosopher and Franciscan Roger Bacon depicted an enticing future that included, among other technological marvels, vehicles of unimaginable speed without animal power, diving bells for exploring the ocean floor, and mirrors and lenses that could incinerate whole armies.
A study of thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon that reveals the medieval thinking that erased non-Christian texts, actors, and cultures from the history of scienceIn his works, thirteenth-century English scholastic philosopher and Franciscan Roger Bacon depicted an enticing future that included, among other technological marvels, vehicles of unimaginable speed without animal power, diving bells for exploring the ocean floor, and mirrors and lenses that could incinerate whole armies.
