European history: medieval period, middle ages

Die Burgunder gehörten zu den Barbarenvölkern, die innerhalb des Imperium Romanum ihre Reiche gründeten, genauer gesagt: Sie gründeten sogar zwei Reiche: das eine am Rhein (413-436), das andere an der Rhône (443-534).

The twelve days of Christmas follow from December 25 until January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, the traditional date when the Magi arrived to present gifts to infant Jesus.

The contexts for the works of eleventh and twelfth-century historians are here brought to the fore.

This book explores the Byzantine city and the changes it went through from 610 to 1204.

This practical text examines the various styles of music and features specific suggestions for each piece of service music, hymn, and song with the aim of assisting music leaders to enrich meaningful worship.

This is the first full-length study of a Welsh family of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries who were not drawn from the princely class.

In this book, Aidan Doyle traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion at the end of the 12th century to independence in 1922, combining political, cultural, and linguistic history.

Im Jahr 1066 betrat ein Mann die Bühne der Weltgeschichte, dessen Name und Taten das mittelalterliche Europa für immer verändern sollten: Wilhelm der Eroberer.

This book is a collaborative contribution that expands our understanding of how interfaith relations, both real and imagined, developed across medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean.

This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians -those who lived in Byzantium.

This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in 1536.

Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims (d.

This interdisciplinary volume of essays examines the real and imagined role of Classical and Celtic influence in the history of British identity formation, from late antiquity to the present day.

A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacyThe Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth.

This book maps how working class life was transformed in England in the middle years of the twentieth century.

Living on an island at the edge of the known world, the medieval Irish were in a unique position to examine the spaces of the North Atlantic region and contemplate how geography can shape a people.

An increased awareness of the importance of minority and subjugated voices to the histories and narratives which have previously excluded them has led to a wide-spread interest in the effects of colonization and displacement.

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages?

Im Mittelpunkt des Bandes steht die Kommunikation zwischen der päpstlichen Zentrale und der Peripherie bzw.

How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages?

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The idea of what an "e;eyewitness"e; account is here scrutinised through examination of key Crusading texts.

Based on an exhaustive and varied study of predominantly unpublished archival material as well as a variety of literary and non-literary sources, this book investigates the relation between patronage, piety and politics in the life and career of one Late Medieval Spain's most intriguing female personalities, Maria De Luna.

The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called it the "e;century of the encyclopedias.

Peasant Perceptions of Landscape marks a change in the discipline of landscape history, as well as making a major contribution to the history of everyday life.

Charts the history of Jersey and Guernsey, showing their crucial importance for England in the period.

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Focusing on the work of Lorenzo Valla, the Spanish Complutensian scholars, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book examines the New Testament studies of the Renaissance humanists rather than their more frequently studied religious, moral, and political thought.

Never before have the women of the Capetian royal dynasty in France been the subject of a study in their own right.

Die editio princeps des bislang lediglich in unvollständiger koptischer Übertragung zugänglichen Traktats Vom Mysterium der Buchstaben (Mitte 6.

Die Reihe Texte und Textgeschichte, begründet von der Würzburger Forschergruppe Prosa des deutschen Mittelalters unter ihrem Leiter Kurt Ruh, enthält Ausgaben und Untersuchungen zu breitüberlieferten und wirkungsmächtigen Gebrauchstexten des deutschen Spätmittelalters, dargeboten und aufbereitet unter Betonung der kommunikativen Funktion von Literatur, dem Wechselverhältnis von Autor, Schreiber und Publikum.

The famous letters of Bernard of Clairvaux attacking the philosopher Peter Abelard and a vituperative response to them are presented together for the first time.

Medieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens-wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds.

The fate of Richard III's two nephews, Edward V and Richard of York, who disappeared after his coronation in 1483, has remained controversial centuries after Thomas More's history and Shakespeare's play laid the blame on their conniving uncle.

Der vierte und letzte Teil der Darstellung der »Preußenreisen« beschreibt, wie sie zu Ende gingen und was sie ersetzte.

Das praktische Hilfsmittel für Vorlesungen und Seminare.

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This book, based on a fresh understanding of Scottish governmental records rooted in extensive archival research, offers the first study of these important institutions in a period of revived royal authority.

In this book, the author makes use of the methodology he developed in Origins of Arthurian Romances (McFarland 2012) in order to reevaluate the post-Roman history of Britain.

This contributed volume focuses on Philippa Plantagenet (1360-1415), queen of Portugal for almost three decades, and the complexion of the court.