This book analyzes how acts of feeling at a discursive, somatic, and rhetorical level were theorized and practiced in multiple medieval and early-modern sources (literary, medical, theological, and archival).
This study of early modern queenship compares the reign of Henry VII's queen, Elizabeth of York, and those of her daughters-in-law, the six queens of Henry VIII.
This book provides an interpretive narrative of the wars fought by Bulgaria against the Byzantine Empire for dominant control of the Balkan Peninsula during the early medieval era.
There were many surprising accessions in the early modern period, including Mary I of England, Henry III of France, Anne Stuart, and others, but this is the first book dedicated solely to evaluating their lives and the repercussions of their reigns.
This book examines the story of the 'discovery of America' through the prism of the history of the Franciscans, a socio-religious movement with a unique doctrine of voluntary poverty.
This book provides an original and multidisciplinary approach on Magna Carta (1215) as a joint heritage, a source of inspiration both for long established democracies and countries which only recently experienced the Rule of Law.
This book investigates the forms that the aggression and violence of peasant elites could take in early modern Fennoscandia, and their role within society.
This book investigates the actions of marriage tribunals by analyzing the richest source of marriage suits extant in Italy, those of the Venetian ecclesiastical tribunal, between 1420 and the opening of the Council of Trent.
This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft.
This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field.
This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field.
Die Untersuchung greift ein in der buchistorischen Forschung bisher vernachlässigtes Phänomen auf: die zentrale Bedeutung der deutschen Buchdrucker im 15.
Die Untersuchung greift ein in der buchistorischen Forschung bisher vernachlässigtes Phänomen auf: die zentrale Bedeutung der deutschen Buchdrucker im 15.
Many economic developments in Europe date back to the Middle Ages & for example, the emergence of the banking and insurance systems, and cashless payments.
In den Jahrzehnten um 1100 fand ein Mentalitätswandel statt, der mitunter als "Entdeckung des Individuums" bezeichnet wird: Das Verständnis für die Motive, Bedürfnisse und Ansprüche einer Person wuchs ebenso wie die Bereitschaft, ihnen mehr Raum zu geben.
Die Geschichte der Burgundischen Niederlande ist bestimmt von machtvollen Auseinandersetzungen, in deren Zentrum als treibende Kraft die Herzöge von Burgund aus dem Haus Valois standen.
Die Geschichte der Burgundischen Niederlande ist bestimmt von machtvollen Auseinandersetzungen, in deren Zentrum als treibende Kraft die Herzöge von Burgund aus dem Haus Valois standen.
Charlemagne is probably the most well-known ruler of the Middle Ages: the most important offspring of the Carolingians, as a "constructor of Europe", he coined the times in the long-term and fascinated subsequent generations.
Martyr worship is an important element of the Christian faith and was essential both for the internal cohesion of the faith group in its early founding phase as well as for its effective portrayal to the outside world, which was used for the conversion of non-Christians.
Das Mittelalter ist anders, fremd und für uns heute oft unverständlich & viele Forschungen der letzten Jahre befassten sich intensiv mit der Alterität, der Andersartigkeit des Mittelalters und seiner Akteure.
Das Byzantinische Reich war einer der wichtigsten Staaten des Mittelalters und hat die europäische Geschichte bis in die Neuzeit hinein maßgeblich beeinflusst.
