European history: medieval period, middle ages

The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror.

Erleben Sie die faszinierende und oft brutale Welt der Piraten, die die Ostsee über Jahrhunderte hinweg unsicher machten.

Cheap street is a lively and scholarly account of London's street markets, which were an overlooked site of urban modernity and the most vigorous outgrowth of the informal economy that flourished below and beyond the recognised institutions of the consumer city.

Gestures of Grace is a celebration of the life and career of Robert Sweetman, H.

This collection of original essays repositions medieval literary studies after an era of historicism.

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After establishing a feminist-historicist perspective on the tradition of biblical commentary, Tinkle develops in-depth case studies that situate scholars reading the bible in three distinct historical moments, and in so doing she exposes the cultural pressures that medieval scholars felt as they interpreted the bible.

For almost forty years the study of the Iron Age in Britain has been dominated by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe.

The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes.

How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages?

Located in the area where North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee meet, Pond Mountain rises to over 4,000 feet.

This book examines the broad varieties of religious belief, religious practices, and the influence of religion within medieval society.

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

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, competing scholarly communities sought to define a Spain that was, at least officially, entirely Christian, even if many suspected that newer converts from Islam and Judaism were Christian in name only.

This volume explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire.

In this wide-ranging study of costume history contributors explore fashion, textiles, and the representation of clothing in the middle ages.

Medieval Italian communes are known for their violence, feuds, and vendettas, yet beneath this tumult was a society preoccupied with peace.

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This is the first study of the Anglo-Welsh border region in the period before the Norman arrival in England, from the fifth to the twelfth centuries.

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.

Essays illuminate a wide range of topics from the Middle Ages, from the seals of an empress to priests' wives and the undead.

A look at the history of censorship, science, and magic from the Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era.

This volume publishes a survey of the manors of Duchy of Cornwall conducted in 1337.

Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science.

The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare.

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

A strikingly original approach to the inquisition movement in Italy, examining the roles of the protagonists.

This book explores one of the most significant medieval saints' cults, that of St.

A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORYThe contributions collected in this volume demonstrate the full range and vitality of current work on the Anglo-Norman period in a variety of disciplines.

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention.

An examination into two of the most important activities undertaken by the Normans.

In this book, Julia Bolton Holloway makes use of primary materials in documents, manuscripts and stone monuments in Florence, to place Dante's literary career in its rich context.

Der Bergbau hat Deutschland über Jahrtausende geprägt – von den ersten prähistorischen Feuersteinminen bis hin zu den imposanten Kohlezechen der Moderne.

Socialist republic is a timely account of 1980s left-wing politics in South Yorkshire.

Thema des Bandes sind die höfischen Inszenierungen im Spätmittelalter und ihre innere Kohärenz.

This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures.

In pursuing how fourteenth-century English texts engage with philosophical, intellectual, and theological questions, the work of Denise N.

This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries.

Die Funktion eines Namens erschöpft sich häufig nicht in der Bezeichnung eines Individuums.

In einer Welt, in der das Schicksal von Königreichen oft auf dem Schlachtfeld entschieden wurde, spielten Symbole eine entscheidende Rolle.

Wie lebten die Byzantiner vor über 1000 Jahren?