Later Middle Ages, Paperback - ***

This edited volume brings together experts on the later middle ages to chart the principle developments of medieval Europe.Editor(s): Isabella (Pro...

This book examines one hundred years of historical debate on the English peasantry in the later Middle Ages, exploring the influences and changes t...

A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communi...

The first anthology dedicated to medieval English travel writing, with a focus on the later Middle Ages. It features concise introductory essays wr...

Reducere. From our twentieth-century perspective, we tend to think of the Europe of the past as a colonizer, a series of empires that conquered lands beyond ...

Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against ...

DescriptionThe knight is the supreme warrior of the Middle Ages. Fully armored and mounted on a magnificent charger, he seems invincible. Honor and...

Cicero wrote On Obligations (De Officiis) in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behavior for aspiring pol...

A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarc...

Reducere. Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corrupt...

Reducere. Al-Khwarizmi is arguably the most important mathematician of the Middle Ages. He developed two distinct branches of mathematics, both of which owe ...

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

Publisher: The Highfield Press SouthamptonNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 300 x 211 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softbackEdito...

Reducere. Once upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirr...

Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and ...

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...

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

Reducere. This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Anglo-Saxons, then keep reading... There was a time before England was united. Th...

Reducere. The first fully-realized biography of Julian--theologian, anchorite, and visionary of the Middle Ages.A groundbreaking and sometimes controversial ...

Saint Anicius Manlius Severinus Bo thius, commonly called Boethius (477-524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher ...

DescriptionAn engaging, informative, and endlessly surprising graphic history of medicine In the Middle Ages, surgery was performed by barbers due ...

Reducere. Discover the untamed paganism of the Vikings and the Germanic tribes prior to the complete Christianization of Europe - Explores the different form...

Reducere. Norse Runic Magic, The Meaning of the Futhark Runes, Divination and Rune Casting Brittany Nightshade, the author of the popular "Book of Shadows" s...

Contributor(s): Author: Julian D. RichardsThe Viking reputation is one of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles ...

From 1501, when the first slaves arrived in Hispaniola, until the nineteenth century, some twelve million people were abducted from west Africa and...

Reducere. Jean d'Arras's splendid prose romance of Melusine, written for Jean de Berry, the brother of King Charles V of France, is one of the most significa...

Irish inhabitants of the 'four obedient shires' - a term commonly used to describe the region at the heart of the English colony in the later Middl...

Reducere. The Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (often known in English as Finn MacCool) has had a long life. First cited in Old Irish chronicles from the early...

Reducere. An ancient bloodline. A powerful enemy. A hidden sword with the power to save or destroy the Earth.Ian Dekker is a twenty-five-year-old filmmaker a...

Benjamin of Tudela (fl. 12th century) was a medieval Navarrese Jewish rabbi and explorer. In his journey he passed through large swathes of Europe,...