European history: medieval period, middle ages

Knights and ladies, giants and dragons, tournaments, battles, quests and crusades are commonplace in stories for children.

Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined.

The swearing of oaths is a cultural phenomenon that pervades English history and was remarkably important during the sixteenth century.

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

In Deutschland haben die Anjou-Plantagenets noch keine angemessene Würdigung erfahren, obwohl sie zu den wichtigsten Dynastien Englands zählen.

Welche Rolle spielte Olfaktorik (Geruchssinn und Geruch) in der mittelalterlichen (Frauen-)Mystik?

Magic is a universal phenomenon.

This is a translation of the eleventh-century Latin Annals of Lampert, monk of Hersfeld, with detailed commentary and introduction.

This edited volume explores the Israeli-Turkish relations in the 2000s from a multi-dimensional perspective providing a comparative analysis on the subjects of politics, ideology, civil society, identity, energy, and economic relations.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions.

First recent full-length analysis of a major medieval poem.

In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries.

The third volume of the series of religious concepts in the Early and High Middle Ages analyses the medieval concepts of God's creatures from a historical perspective.

Beginning with the Norman Conquest of England, these tumultuous centuries and their invasions shaped the languages and political geography of present-day Britain and Ireland.

This unique study traces fundamental parallels between medieval European and Middle Eastern cultures.

Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged.

Edward the Elder succeeded his father Alfred the Great to the kingdom of Wessex, but was largely overlooked by his contemporaries (at least in terms of the historical record) and to a greater or lesser extent by later historians.

In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times.

Over the course of several centuries, Venice fashioned and refined a portrait of itself that responded to and exploited historical circumstance.

In recent decades the concept of Mediterranean has been cited with increasing frequency in relation to the study of medieval literatures.

This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium.

"e;I have read everything written on Marco Polo, and John Man's book is, by far, my favorite work on the subject.

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

An illustrated history of the English branch of the Order of St Lazarus, founded to care for lepers and send leper knights to the Crusades.

Um das Jahr 2000 fanden sich Mitglieder des Deutschen Ordens erneut mit einer Schuldenlast von 364 Mio.

Distilling a decade of research by leading experts on the Venerable Bede, Bede the scholar investigates the Northumbrian monk's place within the wider intellectual developments of the early medieval world.

Herrschaft gelingt, wenn sie Vorstellungen über Gefühle bei den Beherrschten erzeugt.

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 period between 1500 and the present day has directly formed the world we live in.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Drachenordens, einer der geheimnisvollsten und einflussreichsten Organisationen der europäischen Geschichte.

Volume XXII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education.

Women's role in crusades and crusading examined through a close investigation of the narratives in which they appear.

Die Gesamtausgabe der Schriften des Johann von Staupitz läßt dessen Bedeutung als Schlüsselfigur im Übergang von der spätmittelalterlichen Reform zur Reformation deutlich werden.

An interdisciplinary approach to sources for our knowledge of the crusades.

Women Waldensians have been almost written out of studies of the heretical sect, but are here shown to have played a full role within it, regardless of gender.

All groups tell stories about their beginnings.

The study discusses urban space in the medieval commune of Genoa as a place of cultural self-description.

Who was the real King Arthur?

How are the Crusades portrayed in popular culture today?

Everyone who provides services to older adults believes in the biomedical model that addresses the body, mind, and spirit of their clients.

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This biographical history tells the story of 31 Gothic monarchs who fought in the crusades, enforced their feudal rights throughout the kingdom, sponsored the growth of representative government through a parliament, and ultimately created a military power that would dominate European affairs.