European history: medieval period, middle ages

This book contains essays devoted to the medieval art and architecture of Limerick in the Munster province of South-West Ireland.

This book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture, by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea, maritime communications and trade.

This book contains essays devoted to the medieval art and architecture of Limerick in the Munster province of South-West Ireland.

This book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture, by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea, maritime communications and trade.

The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians.

The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians.

The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred.

Christopher Daniell's Atlas of Medieval Britain presents a sweeping visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485.

Christopher Daniell's Atlas of Medieval Britain presents a sweeping visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485.

The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred.

Crusades covers the seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history.

Crusades covers the seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history.

This book pays homage to the work of a scholar who has substantially advanced knowledge and understanding of the medieval military-religious orders.

This book pays homage to the work of a scholar who has substantially advanced knowledge and understanding of the medieval military-religious orders.

A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307-1485 is a year-by-year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments in the states within the British Isles from 1307-1485.

A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307-1485 is a year-by-year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments in the states within the British Isles from 1307-1485.

Through an examination of the Opus maius, Roger Bacon's great scientific work of 1267, this book offers insight into Bacon's understanding of the role of science in society and the study and practice of science in the later Middle Ages.

Nordic Elites in Transformation, c.

Nordic Elites in Transformation, c.

Marginality assumes a variety of forms in current discussions of the Middle Ages.

Marginality assumes a variety of forms in current discussions of the Middle Ages.

Devastated by two decades of war and ravaged by the spread of the plague, large parts of Italy fell quickly into the hands of a group known to history as the Lombards.

Devastated by two decades of war and ravaged by the spread of the plague, large parts of Italy fell quickly into the hands of a group known to history as the Lombards.

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.

Crises are never the best of times and the era of the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) easily qualifies as one of the worst of times.

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).

In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness.

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.

Affective meditation on the Passion was one of the most popular literary genres of the high and later Middle Ages.

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Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianisation, the formation of nations and states, the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy, the growth of cities, the Crusades, the effects of plague and the intellectual and cultural dynamism of the Middle Ages.

Affective meditation on the Passion was one of the most popular literary genres of the high and later Middle Ages.

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.