To Follow in Their Footsteps. The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages, Paperback - Nicholas L. Paul

Paul reveals the lasting impact of the crusades, beyond the expeditions themselves, on the formation of dynastic identity and the culture of the me...

``The Penguin History of Europe series... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects.``--New Statesman It was an age of hope and possibilit...

DescriptionIn popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and ...

Features essays that apply the method to the broader question of differences between regular canons and monks and the narrower question of differen...

Reducere. Who were the Teutonic Knights?The Teutonic Knights were established to help the sick and injured in the Holy Land in a similar vein as the Knights ...

Addressing every aspect of the early history of Central Europe, this book explores the formation and early centuries of Bohemia, Hungary and Poland...

Reducere. Few periods of history are more maligned and misunderstood than the Middle Ages--three-hundred years of division, shifting centers of power, and te...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Crusades, then keep reading...It could be said that European kings and nobles in the Middle ...

Reducere. From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic "Medieval Life" series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readab...

This research underscores the significance of the Transylvanian Saxons as actors in the cultural history of Europe. The presence of books in southe...

Reducere. Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dro...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A realistic, in-depth review of the methods used to treat the casualties of violence in the Middle Ages.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): ...

In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, like a tramp, a...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Crusades and Silk Road, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Cru...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Crusades and Silk Road, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Cru...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Medieval England and Magna Carta, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: M...

Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central positi...

Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic a...

This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Medieval England and Magna Carta, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: M...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. ...

Reducere. Medieval times for the military and for citizens, for wealthy or poor, for the farm worker and the intellectual, stand in deep contrast to modern t...

This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian,...

Migration and identity in Eurasia. From ancient times to the middle ages - Victor Cojocaru, Annamária-Izabella Pázsint

Reducere. A journey in search of Middle-earthIn 1911, at the age of nineteen, J. R. R. Tolkien embarked on an adventurous journey through the Swiss Alps; wit...

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

DescriptionCastration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding hare...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

This engaging analysis of Western fashion explores the influence of fashion, taste, and style on people's actions and beliefs since the Middle Ages...

A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Stephen MennellNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 228 x 154 x 26Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. This volume traces the development astrology from the 5th through 15th centuries, highlighted by interpretations from a variety of literary sources...

The medieval kitchen revealed; facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory.

Presents a series of case studies focusing on the identity and activities of individuals associated with crafts and industries in the Middle Age.

Bridget is the wife of terrorist Francis, and is expected to remain loyal, until an opportunity tempts her away from this life - potentially endang...

When does imitation of an author morph into masquerade? Although the Roman writer Ovid died in the first century CE, many new Latin poems were ascr...

Reducere. In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only beg...

An engrossing exploration of the sex lives of ordinary medieval people.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Katherine HarveyIllustration(s): 17 illu...

Gendering the Master Narrative asks whether a female tradition of power might have existed distinct from the male one, and how such a tradition mig...

Suitable for the teaching of medieval philosophy, this title features judicious selections and translations based on critical editions.Publisher: H...

This revised and expanded edition surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. Examining its relationship with religion, science,...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 234 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...