European history: medieval period, middle ages

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WINNER OF THE 2021 NDR BOOK PRIZE IN GERMANY 'A must-read' Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, OxfordFishing quotas on Lake Constance.

Die Chancen und ideologischen Gefahren der Arbeit mit rezentem und altem Genommaterial am Beispiel der Völkerwanderung.

Die beiden ersten historischen Romane der Reihe in einem E-Book Bundle!

Die Zeit um 1400 war nicht nur die Blütezeit der Hanse, sie war auch eine Blütezeit der Piraterie.

Trier, um 1000: Grafentochter Kunigunde und Bayernherzog Heinrich verlieben sich bei der ersten Begegnung.

Arnd Brummer, Chefredakteur des Monatsmagazins "chrismon", erzählt die aufregende Geschichte seiner Suche nach einer kirchlichen Heimat: Aufgewachsen in einer gut katholischen Familie, entdeckt er mit zehn Jahren Jan Hus, der wegen abweichender Glaubenslehren verbrannt worden war.

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Arnd Brummer, Chefredakteur des Monatsmagazins "chrismon", erzählt die aufregende Geschichte seiner Suche nach einer kirchlichen Heimat: Aufgewachsen in einer gut katholischen Familie, entdeckt er mit zehn Jahren Jan Hus, der wegen abweichender Glaubenslehren verbrannt worden war.

Fruto de largos años de trabajo y de una prodigiosa labor de investigación original, la "Historia de los musulmanes de España", obra cumbre del filólogo e historiador holandés Reinhart P.

A comienzos del siglo quinto de nuestra era, un acosado y exhausto Imperio romano abandonó Britania a su suerte, y la isla se precipitó en el caos y la ruina, asaltada por invasores venidos del otro lado del mar que se establecieron como nuevos amos.

"Edad oscura" es el nombre que tradicionalmente se ha venido dando al periodo comprendido entre las grandes invasiones germánicas y la eclosión del Imperio carolingio, un tiempo que supuso la transformación definitiva del mundo antiguo y el alumbramiento del Medievo.

El estudio de la vivienda y de su contenido incorpora un amplio abanico de posibilidades de conocer multitud de aspectos sobre lo que representaba el espacio doméstico para los hombres y mujeres del pasado.

La Generalitat Valenciana, nascuda fa ara sis-cents anys, va tenir quasi des dels orígens la necessitat de comptar amb una "marca corporativa", uns elements simbòlics que la representaren, cridaren l'atenció i, d'alguna manera, ressaltaren la seua presència i la seua importància.

La Generalitat Valenciana, nascuda fa ara sis-cents anys, va tenir quasi des dels orígens la necessitat de comptar amb una "marca corporativa", uns elements simbòlics que la representaren, cridaren l'atenció i, d'alguna manera, ressaltaren la seua presència i la seua importància.

Fruto de largos años de trabajo y de una prodigiosa labor de investigación original, la "Historia de los musulmanes de España", obra cumbre del filólogo e historiador holandés Reinhart P.

Este gran mapa de la vida politica en la Europa medieval tardia proporciona un nuevo marco para entender los desarrollos que formaron este periodo turbulento.

Coordinado por Umberto Eco, Exploraciones, intercambio comerciales y utopias, el cuarto tomo de La Edad Media, ofrece un compendio de algunos de los asuntos mas relevantes en Europa durante el siglo xv en campos como la historia, la filosofia, las letras, la musica, las artes visuales y las ciencias, sin dejar de lado el marco politico, economico y social.

Sein Leben lang hat sich der große französische Historiker Robert Fossier mit dem Mittelalter beschäftigt.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018The best book you will ever read about Britains greatest warplane Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys';A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine' Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 607 As the RAF marks its centenary, Nichol has created a thrilling and often moving tribute to some of its greatest heroes Mail on Sunday magazine The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II.

A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knightA carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination.

The reissue of Joseph and Frances Giess classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.

The Anglo-Saxon era is one of the most important in English history, covering the period from the end of Roman authority in the British Isles to the Norman Conquest of 1066 in which the very idea of England was born.

Eleanor of Castile, the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I, has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she had one of the most fascinating lives of any of England's queens.

The identity of Robin Hood has been questioned many times since the Outlaw of Sherwood first sprang to fame in the twelfth century.

King Richard III remains one of the most controversial figures in British history.

When did the term 'Princes in the Tower' come into usage, who invented it, and to whom did it refer?

Isabella of France married Edward II in January 1308, and afterwards became one of the most notorious women in English history.

Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow.

Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, has been called the most unlikely King of England.

The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars and the formidable influence of the Church.

Richard II is a figure famous in England's national myths - the king who went insane, the narcissist, the tyrant of Shakespeare's play.

Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation is the first full-length biography of the queen at the centre of the some of the most dramatic events in English history.

To our modern minds, the Middle Ages seem to mix the well-known and familiar with wildly alien concepts and circumstances.

Acclaimed historian Helen Castor brings us afresh a gripping life of Joan of Arc.

The Gaspard family gets caught between the fronts of fanatical Catholics, Freemasons, and Nazis.

The Chronicles of Jean Froissart (1337-1410) are universally acknowledged as the most vivid and faithful account of 14th century events and ideas.

This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as the site of potential intellectual exchange, and demonstrates an anchoritic spirituality in synch with the wider medieval world.

A Sunday Times History Book of the YearShortlisted for The Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award'No Briton has written better than Winder about Europe' - Sunday TimesIn AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun.

There can be few military victories so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V on 25 October 1415 against Charles VI's army at Agincourt.

Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019'A vivid and humane study of the Plantagenets' diabolical and devious first family - a real joy to read.

Medieval anchorites willingly embraced the most extreme form of solitude known to the medieval world, so they might forge a closer connection with God.

The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history.

Shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romantic Novel AwardThe long-awaited prequel to Elizabeth Chadwick's beloved first novel The Wild Hunt'Picking up an Elizabeth Chadwick novel you know you are in for a sumptuous ride'Daily Telegraph The Welsh Borders, 1069 When Ashdyke Manor is attacked, Lady Christen is forced to witness her husband's murder and the pillaging of her lands at the hands of brutal Norman invaders.

In 1482, Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI became the twenty-third Muslim King of Granada.

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Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES'This accessible illustrated guide is a great introduction to the story, its origins and its enduring legacy' BBC HISTORY- Which is more terrifying - a monster or its mother?

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer.

Read the thrilling, tempestuous story of the 'first' Queen of England.