The story of the Middle Ages is told through the lives of such men as Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Edward the Black Prince, and Joan of Arc.
Originally published in 1930, this book outlines the system of local government at work in the reign of Edward I and provides a guide to the study of the 3 volumes of the Rotuli Hundredorum and Placita Quo Warranto which were printed early in the nineteenth century.
The courtroom drama that denied the legitimacy of slavery in late medieval EuropeIn 1387, a young Muslim woman from North Africa was captured on a galley in the Bay of Naples and brought to Marseille as a slave.
Las grandes incógnitas de la Antigüedad y el Medievo, que desde siempre han despertado nuestra curiosidad más innata, reunidas en un solo libro, en el que estos enigmas serán resueltos de forma amena y tratados con celosa rigurosidad.
El Cid se sienta a la mesa en un repertorio de 73 recetas, evocando los dos números mágicos del Medioevo, que, detalladas por vez primera en ingredientes y tiempos de cocción, conservan el misterio de los siglos oscuros y la excelencia de una cocina macerada entre aullidos de guerra y silencios monacales.
Aunque transcurre más de un siglo entre 1337 y 1453, la expresión Guerra de los Cien Años pone de manifiesto la extraordinaria duración del conflicto entre Francia e Inglaterra, y la complejidad de sus hostilidades.
The feudal system has come to be seen as one of the most characteristic features of the Western Middle Ages, yet the study of feudal law has not always received the same attention as that given to its institutions.
HEINRICH DER LÖWE IDOL SEINER ZEITGehasst und verehrt, ein moderner Politiker, ein erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann, Rechner und Planer, ein skrupelloser Stratege, der seine Rivalen in zahllosen Kriegen in Schach hält: Dieses in seinen Höhen und Tiefen einmalige Leben bestimmen die wichtigsten Strömungen seiner Epoche und kreuzen die interessantesten Persönlichkeiten seiner Zeit: Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa, Englands König Heinrich II.
Das Leben eines bedeutenden mittelalterlichen Fürsten – das Bild einer bewegten Epoche und ihrer MenschenDer Welfe Heinrich der Löwe war eine politische Größe und der reichste Mann im Europa des 12.
Ein farbenprächtiger, deftig sinnlicher Roman einer EpocheSie schrieben Geschichte und prägten das Mittelalter: Friedrich Barbarossa und Heinrich der Löwe.
Fragments escollits de la Crònica de Bernat Desclot (1285) en què es relaten els enfrontaments militars entre França (Felip l'Ardit) i Catalunya (Pere el Gran) conseqüència de les disputes entre ambdós regnes pel control de Sicília.
Distinguished historian Robert Brentano provides an entirely new perspective on the character of the church, religion, and society in the medieval Italian diocese of Rieti from 1188 to 1378.
Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement of hylomorphism-the dominant theory of bodies in the Middle Ages-with new theories of matter such as corpuscularianism and atomism at the dawn of the Modern period.
Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists, and diplomats in a web of connections that linked the region.
Exploring the formation of networks across late medieval Central Europe, this book examines the complex interaction of merchants, students, artists, and diplomats in a web of connections that linked the region.
This volume brings together a set of articles by Professor Anton Scharer dealing with the themes of conversion, court culture and royal representation in Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe.
An "e;engaging narrative history"e; of the medieval church, with new attention to women, ordinary parishioners, attitudes toward Jews and Muslims, and more (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
This volume brings together a set of articles by Professor Anton Scharer dealing with the themes of conversion, court culture and royal representation in Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe.
This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and Renaissance history and political thought.
This Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages.
From the 14th-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern European prince consorts of the 20th century, the male consort has been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure.
Addressing the myriad ways in which heresy accusations could fulfill political aims during the Middle Ages, this collection shows acts of heresy were not just influenced by religion.
This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byzantine Historians , is the first book to analyze the lives and works of all forty-three significant Byzantine historians from the seventh to the thirteenth century, including the authors of three of the world's greatest histories: Michael Psellus, Princess Anna Comnena, and Nicetas Choniates.
