European history: medieval period, middle ages

This book is about the impact of decolonisation on British civic society in the 1960s.

This book provides a vivid and accessible history of first-generation immigrants to England in the later Middle Ages.

The question of the reality of Cathars and other heresies is debated in this provocative collection.

Die stehenden Heere und die Ausbildung des staatlichen Gewaltmonopols seit der Mitte des 17.

Im Europa des zehnten Jahrhunderts und insbesondere in Deutschland konnten kaiserliche Frauen in einer Weise Macht ausüben, wie es in früheren Jahrhunderten kaum vorstellbar war.

An investigation into how Antioch maintained itself as an independent principality during a period of considerable challenges.

This is a major contribution to the study of medieval Wales by a group of outstanding British historians, writing in honour of one of Wales s most distinguished scholars and the biographer of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.

Die Figur der «Päpstin Johanna» ist populär und unverwüstlich.

An investigation into how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages.

The painful reality faced by refugees and migrants is one of the greatest moral challenges of our time, in turn, becoming a focus of significant scholarship.

Addressing questions about the musical life in English nunneries in the later Middle Ages, Yardley pieces together a mosaic of nunnery musical life, where even the smallest convents sang the monastic offices on a daily basis and many of the larger houses celebrated the late medieval liturgy in all of its complexity.

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature.

Caregiving practices in churches often center around listening and giving counsel, making referrals, and creating support groups for specific needs.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Geschichte eines Landes, das als Wiege der nordischen Kultur gilt.

A series which is a model of its kind.

How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages?

This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Geschichte von Wales, einer Region voller Mythen, Traditionen und kultureller Vielfalt.

Groundbreaking new approach to the idea of treason in medieval England, showing the profound effect played by gender.

The Glossa Ordinaria, the medieval glossed Bible first printed in 1480/81, has been a rich source of biblical commentary for centuries.

An examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to construct and define an identity.

Johanna von Kastilien – bekannt als Johanna die Wahnsinnige – gehört zu den faszinierendsten und tragischsten Figuren der europäischen Geschichte.

This new English translation of the Faroe-Islander Saga (Faereyinga saga)--a great medieval Icelandic saga--tells the story of the first settlers on these wind-swept islands at the edge of the Scandinavian world.

Answering the call for new rituals in our secular age, this book recognises the essential importance of rituals to the psychological, physical and spiritual health of individuals, families, organisations, and society as a whole.

The dynamics of medieval societies in England and beyond form the focus of these essays on the Anglo-Norman world.

Als jüngster Sohn des mächtigen Heinrich II.

Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, suggesting instead that writing is seen in these texts as problematically gendered and often feminizing.

Perched along the banks of the Tiber River, Castel Sant'Angelo stands as a silent witness to nearly two millennia of Roman history.

First full-length account of St Stephen's Chapel, bringing out its full importance and influence throughout the Middle Ages.

Vor aller Zeit geschaffen ist Mohammed "Allahs Liebling", denn indem er ihn schuf, bewies er sich als der Schöpfer.

A concise history of medieval ScandinaviaChristianity and European-style monarchy-the cross and the scepter-were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe.

Richard I.

The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War.

This book is not meant to be a definitive exploration of the whole of the two churches in any case.

This study of tangible and intangible cultural heritage explains the significance of nobles' conservationist traditions for public engagement with the history of France.

The Year's Work in Medievalism includes vetted essays from the Studies in Medievalism--now International Society for the Study of Medievalism--annual conference and from submissions to the editor throughout the year.

Der 1190 im Heiligen Land gegründete Deutsche Orden schuf mit dem Deutschordensstaat in Preußen und Livland ein bedeutendes Staatswesen des Mittelalters.