European history: medieval period, middle ages

Dante's Emotions: Tears and Smiles between Time and Eternity reveals the centrality of tears and smiles in the development of Dante's poetics and in his theological reflection, suggesting, for the first time, the paramount role which Dante played within the history of emotions.

This is a history of the kingdom of Wessex told through its more than twenty regnal kings, from its early foundations under Cerdic circa 500 to its apogee in 886 under Alfred the Great.

Der Band versammelt die Nachdrucke von 35 Aufsätzen aus Fachzeitschriften, Sammelbänden und Ausstellungskatalogen zu Themen der mittelalterlichen österreichischen Geschichte, besonders zur Zeit der Babenberger, zur Frauengeschichte, teils aus der Pionierzeit ihrer Erforschung, und zur Hexenforschung.

Der Sammelband behandelt für den westeuropäischen Raum die zahlreichen Anstöße (impetus), die von den Bischöfen ausgingen und die Gesellschaft, die Kultur und auch die Wirtschaft in der Zeit vom 4.

Georg Hamann erzählt vom harten Alltag jener Menschen, die in der Geschichte oft vernachlässigt werden: Von jenen, die aufgrund von Herkunft, Beruf oder Krankheit am Rand der Gesellschaft standen und keine Möglichkeit hatten, je zu Ansehen oder Geld zu gelangen.

Edmund and Richard de la Pole were the last princes of the House of York to actively seek the English throne - their epic thirty year struggle against Henry VII and Henry VIII saw them plunged into a murderous maelstrom of international intrigue.

Within these pages, discover remarkable and ingenious objects that defy explanation and reveal fascinating aspects of medieval life.

In the fifth century, Attila the Hun terrorised both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires; his were the first of the Devil's horsemen.

Food was as important a part of daily life in the Middle Ages, as it is today.

Harald Hardrada had a career that spanned much of the known world of the eleventh century.

Dieser Band der Tiroler Heimat präsentiert neueste Forschungen vom Frühmittelalter bis zur Gegenwart.

Addressing fundamental questions of the conversion of the West to Christianity between the 4th and 8th centuries, this book explores how and why new religions spread in societies that were previously foreign to them, and examines what happens to the old gods and traditional beliefs in this process.

Addressing fundamental questions of the conversion of the West to Christianity between the 4th and 8th centuries, this book explores how and why new religions spread in societies that were previously foreign to them, and examines what happens to the old gods and traditional beliefs in this process.

Between Dung and Blood investigates the stories of two sixteenth-century saints: the Spanish Christian Teresa de Jess and the Moroccan Sufi Sd Riwn al-Januw, both from families of converts.

Even voracious readers are often unaware that women have worked outside the home from the earliest recorded history.

From the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited for political, nation-building ends.

The Werewolf in Medieval Romance argues that in Guillaume de Palerne, Bisclavret, Arthur and Gorlagon, Melion, William of Palerne, and Biclarel the werewolf’s identity incorporates a variety of assemblages, including human and animal bodies, and physical spaces and the animate and inanimate beings or objects therein.

The Werewolf in Medieval Romance argues that in Guillaume de Palerne, Bisclavret, Arthur and Gorlagon, Melion, William of Palerne, and Biclarel the werewolf’s identity incorporates a variety of assemblages, including human and animal bodies, and physical spaces and the animate and inanimate beings or objects therein.

The Philokalia is the most influential book in the recent history of the Orthodox Church, aside from the Bible.