'Inquisition' was the new form of criminal procedure that was developed by the lawyer-pope Innocent III and given definitive form at the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
This new and revised edition of ChristianJewish Relations 10001300 expands its survey of medieval ChristianJewish relations in England, Spain, France and Germany with new material on canon law, biblical exegesis and ChristianJewish polemics, along with an updated Further Reading section.
A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price.
Fictions of Witness in the Confessio Amantis details the first years of the Confessio's material history and offers a major revision to a century's old narrative of political revision and conversion around the trauma of 1400.
Warfare in the Age of Crusades: The Latin East explores in fascinating detail the key campaigns, battles and sieges that shaped the crusading period of the Middle Ages, giving special attention to military technologies, tactics and strategies.
When Sybella arrived at the doorstep of St Mortain half mad with grief and despair, the convent was only too happy to offer her refuge - but at a price.
Warfare in the Medieval World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe in the period between the fall of Rome and the introduction of reliable gunpowder weapons during the Thirty Years War.
In 1485 the Battle of Bosworth marked an epoch in the lives of two great houses: the house of York fell to the ground when Richard III died on the field of battle; and the house of Tudor rose from the massacre to reign for the next hundred years.
The fantastical true story of England's magical history - 'a treasure trove of magical lore' (Observer)'A delightfully well written, unputdownable adventure into all things magical .
Obwohl die Auffassung, Ethnien seien rein soziale Gebilde, in der Forschung allgemein affirmiert wird, gehen Untersuchungen oft unbelegt von ihrer großen Bedeutung für die Sozialverhältnisse des Frühmittelalters aus.
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France.
An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world.
Sisters of the infamous 'Princes in the Tower', the daughters of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV survived the reign of Richard III and even thrived into the Tudor Age.
Stanley Lane-Poole's 'The History of Moors in Spain: From the Islamic Conquest until the Fall of Kingdom of Granada' is a comprehensive exploration of the Moors' influence on Spain during the Islamic rule.
In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga and remarry.
