European history: medieval period, middle ages

This book traces the first faltering steps taken in the mathematical theorisation of infinity which marks the emergence of modern mathematics.

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.

Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade.

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From its inception in Greek antiquity, the science of optics was aimed primarily at explaining sight and accounting for why things look as they do.

Die Beziehungsgeschichte von Christen und Muslimen war im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit äußerst vielschichtig, woraus sich besondere Anforderungen für das historische Lernen ergeben.

A radical re-interpretation of the chivalric biography of Boucicaut.

Der staufische Kaiser Friedrich II.

Mit dem Königshof Alfons’ X.

The career of William Marshal, who rose from being the penniless, landless younger son of a middle-ranking nobleman to be regent of England in the minority of Henry III, is one of the most extraordinary stories of the Middle Ages.

Looking at royal ritual in pre-revolutionary France, Death and the crown examines the deathbed and funeral of Louis XV in 1774, the lit de justice of November 1774 and the coronation of Louis XVI, including the ceremony of the royal healing touch for scrofula.

Exploring the relation between sexuality and cosmology in a variety of literary texts from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries, the essays reveal that medieval authors, whether lay or religious, Christian or Jewish, were grappling with the same sets of questions about sexuality as people are today.

Heilige Helden und grausame Tyrannen - als solche werden die Hauptfiguren in Viten und Passiones stilisiert.

Richard I.

Although the United Kingdom's entry to the European Community (EC) in 1973 was initially celebrated, by the end of the first year the mood in the UK had changed from 'hope to uncertainty'.

Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as well as a powerful literary and visual image.

Practicing shame investigates how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to safeguard their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against the possibility of sexual shame.

During the Middle Ages in Europe, some sexual and gendered behaviors were labeled "e;sodomitical"e; or evoked the use of ambiguous phrases such as the "e;unmentionable vice"e; or the "e;sin against nature.

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king.

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Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature.

Evidence of the foulness and cruelty of the greatest catastrophe ever to hit London is still being unearthed under the streets of the capital today.

An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village.

An expansive consideration of charms as a deeply integrated aspect of the English Middle Ages.

This book challenges the assumption - just as alive today as it was in the nineteenth century - that the political sphere was an arena of reason in which feelings had no part to play.

Introducing the Medieval Ass presents a lucid, accessible, and comprehensive picture of the ass s enormous socio-economic and cultural significance in the Middle Ages and beyond.

This book examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage.

Offers a revisionist angle to the question of sacral kingship, showing the continued importance of liturgical ceremonial in the twelfth century and onward.

No subject in medieval history is changing as rapidly as crusade studies.

A gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint PatrickSaint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure.

Las 'Siete Partidas', compendio jurídico recopilado por encargo de Alfonso X de Castilla (1221–1284), sientan las bases de un influyente concepto de gobierno monárquico.

This book examines the emergence of the queen consort in medieval England, beginning with the pre-Conquest era and ending with death of Margaret of France, second wife of Edward I, in 1307.

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Despite reliance on ingredients like horse dung, Old English remedies for women's medicine speak to contemporary reproductive concerns.

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600.