European history: medieval period, middle ages

Mit außergewöhnlicher Schaffenskraft und immensem innovativen Gespür hat der Hamburger Historiker und Professor für mittelalterliche Geschichte Jürgen Sarnowsky die geschichtswissenschaftliche Forschung entscheidend geprägt.

Fascination with royal pomp and circumstance is as old as kingship itself.

Eine junge Adlige im römisch-deutschen Kaiserreich Friedrich Barbarossas hat den Wunsch Recht zu studieren.

Este escrito es el resultado de una tesis de maestría en Letras Modernas, opción de humanidades, llevado a cabo en la Universidad de Rennes 2 y finalizado en 2012, por mí mismo.

Questo documento è il frutto di una tesi di laurea in Lettere moderne, curriculum di scienze umanistiche, conseguita all’Università di Rennes 2, nel 2012, da Patrick Loiseau.

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In "Mythen im Herzen der Schweizer Identität" entführt uns der Autor Peter Helfenstein in die faszinierende Welt der Schweizer Gründungsmythen und legt dar, wie diese tief verwurzelten Erzählungen die nationale Identität und das kollektive Bewusstsein der Schweiz bis heute prägen.

Acclaimed author Annette Carson continues her Richard III studies by concentrating on his brief protectorate while he was still Duke of Gloucester.

This book offers an integrated study of the English princess and Castilian queen Catherine of Lancaster (1373-1418), drawing on available archival, architectural, and poetic sources in England and Spain.

The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe.

Dive into Northern Britain's Dark Ages in "e;a book which gives a satisfying and convincing account of this little-known part of Scotland's history"e; (Undiscovered Scotland).

A scholarly review of early Christian history and its policies against heresy and lessons for today's church leaders and reformersAncient heresies have modern expressions that influence our churches and culture, creating cruel dilemmas for today's Christian in the form of error, sin, and various distortions on orthodox faith.

Die obersten Herrschergewalten der vormodernen Welt waren gleichsam auf die Unterstützung ihrer Eliten angewiesen und diese Eliten wiederum befanden sich häufig in einer ambivalenten Situation zwischen Konkurrenz und Kooperation sowohl untereinander als auch in der Beziehung zu den Herrschenden.

In Antike und Mittelalter sind im euromediterranen Raum nur vereinzelt Frauen als Herrscherinnen nachweisbar, die Regierungsgeschäfte aktiv und eigenständig führten.

Kein Herrscher regiert alleine, sondern nur im Verbund mit anderen.

Über die Epochengrenzen hinweg werden in diesem Band am Beispiel des geistlichen Kurfürstentums Köln Auswirkungen der Spannungen und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Herrschaftsnorm und -praxis untersucht.

*; Full-color, revised edition *; Plans for weddings, holiday parties, and Renaissance fairs *; Ideas for properly decorating the dining hall *; Lyrics and music for songs and dances *; Recipes for food and drink *; Patterns for period costumes *; Games and plays

Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England, stands at the epicenter of a longstanding tradition placing the Holy Grail in Britain.

There are three archetypal and widespread Arthurian stories--the abduction of Guinevere, the Holy Grail, and Tristan.

The author has determined in an earlier McFarland book (The Historic King Arthur, 1996, paperback 2007) that there was not a historic King Arthur during the sixth century.

While scholars have long documented the migration of people in ancient and medieval times, they have paid less attention to those who traveled across borders with some regularity.

Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values.

For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjected to torture and execution, including being burned alive.

During the early Middle Ages, King Alfred (reigned 871-99) gained fame as the ruler who brought learning back to England after decades of Viking invasion.

During the Renaissance, the monarchy became the dominant ruling power in Europe.

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre.

It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory.

The swearing of oaths is a cultural phenomenon that pervades English history and was remarkably important during the sixteenth century.

Medieval Europe was a hotbed of revolt against religious dogma.

Factual and fanciful tales of the Nordic warriors known as Vikings have proven irresistible to filmmakers for nearly a century.

Although Geoffrey Chaucer is the major author for Middle English studies, he often receives little notice in studies of children's literature.

The medieval outlaws of Britain maintain a hold on the present-day imagination, judging by their presence in literature and on film.

This analysis of how filmmakers have portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), and the audience's perception of Elizabeth based upon these portrayals, examines key representations of the Tudor monarch in various motion pictures from the Silent era on and in television miniseries.

From the time the Romans first set foot on England's shore in 55 B.

The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy.

The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work.

As a strategically located seat of European power, Paris was a prized target for invaders.

This biographical dictionary separates myth from history by differentiating and defining figures associated with Arthuriana.

During the late 12th century, the Arthurian legends first took their form in the imagination of French-speaking romancers.

The Gothic mode, typically preoccupied by questions of difference and otherness, consistently imagines the Other as a source of grotesque horror.

An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King Arthur and the founding of Britain.

During the Middle Ages, castles and other fortified buildings were a common feature of the European landscape.

Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses both semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible.

This ethnographic study of contemporary American Renaissance fairs focuses on the Maryland Renaissance Festival, in which participants recreate sixteenth-century England through performances of theater, combat-at-arms, processions, street hawking, and meticulously faithful historical reconstructions.

Few figures have captured Hollywood's and the public's imagination as completely as have medieval heroes.

By the 12th century, European literature was rich with tales of a procession carrying a group of objects closely tied to the Passion of Christ--the Holy Grail, the lance that pierced Christ's side, the sword used to behead John the Baptist, and a dish from the Last Supper.

This collection of essays analyzes film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy.

Medieval castles were not just showcases for the royal and powerful, they were also the centerpieces of many people's daily lives.

This biographical history tells the story of 31 Gothic monarchs who fought in the crusades, enforced their feudal rights throughout the kingdom, sponsored the growth of representative government through a parliament, and ultimately created a military power that would dominate European affairs.