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This book devoted to the medieval uniforms uses the presence of 17 marvelous tables realized by the Italian artist Giovanni Garuti. All realize in 1999 as single Print-tables for the Italian publish……続きを見る

Questo libro ricco di fantastiche immagini a colori e in bianco e nero, è il secondo e ultimo di due volumi dedicati al fantastico mondo della cavalleria e al suo esercizio per antonomasia: i……続きを見る

Questo libro ricco di fantastiche immagini a colori e in bianco e nero, è il primo di due volumi dedicati al fantastico mondo della cavalleria e al suo esercizio per antonomasia: il torneo o ……続きを見る

"Can you Count the Clouds?" asks the voice of God from the whirlwind in the stunningly beautiful catalogue of nature-questions from the Old Testament Book of Job. Tom McLeish takes a scientist's rea……続きを見る

Here, for the first time, are outlined the subterfuges and wiles of the six queens who largely ruled Europe during the second half of the sixteenth century, as well as the complex relationships betw……続きを見る

Do Americans live in a liberal capitalist society, where evenhanded competition rules the day, or a society in which big money, private security, and personal relations determine key social outcomes……続きを見る

From his father, Charlemagne inherited only a part of the Frankish kingdom - little more than half of modern France and the Low Countries. Before his astonishing career had ended, he had conquered h……続きを見る

Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense ……続きを見る

Generations of Feeling is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of emotions in pre- and early modern Western Europe. Charting the varieties, transformations and constants of human sentim……続きを見る

Die Dynastie der Merowinger hat rund 250 Jahre lang die Geschichte und Geschicke Westeuropas mitgestaltet. Geprägt wurde diese Zeit durch den Rückgriff auf römische Verwaltungspraktiken und antikes ……続きを見る

The Penguin Book of English Song anthologizes the work of 100 English poets who have inspired a host of different composers (some English, some not) to write vocal music. Each of the chapters, arran……続きを見る

In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civ……続きを見る

This study is a reconsideration of Jan Hus, a late medieval Bohemian priest who was burned at the stake six hundred years ago. His death sparked a social revolution. This book considers his role as ……続きを見る

A lively microbiography of Chaucer that tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best p……続きを見る

Wie lebten die Menschen im Mittelalter? Durch Burgfeste und Mittelaltermärkte, Romane, Filme und Rollenspiele meinen wir die Welt des Mittelalters gut zu kennen. Doch ist dieses Bild realistisch? Wi……続きを見る

From the Crusades to the plague, this account brings to life the key moments of the High Middle Ages. It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Middle Age……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of Miracle Cure and The Third Horseman, the epic story of the collision between one of nature's smallest organisms and history's mightiest empire During the golden age of t……続きを見る

**"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." ーAntonia Frase……続きを見る

L’histoire du Moyen-Âge s’ouvre en réalité par la victoire du christianisme et par la translation du siége  impérial à Byzance ; elle finit, avec le xve……続きを見る

Two lavish, illustrated histories confronted and contested the Byzantine model of empire. The Madrid Skylitzes was created at the court of Roger II of Sicily in the mid-twelfth century. The Vatican ……続きを見る

A history and Marxist analysis of the institutions of the Persian/Syrian Ismaeli sect founded by Hassan-ibn-Sabah ('The Old Man of the Mountain') known as 'The Assassins'. In Ridley's view the Assas……続きを見る

Medieval Toledo is famous as a center of Arabic learning and as a home to sizable Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities. Yet its cathedralーone of the largest, richest, and best preserved in all……続きを見る

Enide’s tattered dress and Erec’s fabulous coronation robe; Yvain’s nudity in the forest, which prevents maidens who know him well clothed from identifying him; Lanval’s fairy-lady parading about in……続きを見る

The feast of Corpus Christi, one of the most solemn feasts of the Latin Church, can be traced to the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 and its resolution of disputes over the nature of the Eucharist. T……続きを見る

What is love? Popular culture bombards us with notions of the intoxicating capacities of love or of beguiling women who can bewitch or healーto the point that it is easy to believe that such images ……続きを見る

Carolingian historical texts have long stood at the base of our modern knowledge about the eighth and ninth centuries. The ninth century gave birth to a new revival of secular biography, which has c……続きを見る

The Song dynasty (960–1279) has been characterized by its pre-eminent civil culture and military weakness. This groundbreaking work demonstrates that the civil dominance of the eleventh century was ……続きを見る

The Fourth Crusade (1202-4) was one of the key events in medieval history The fall of Constantinople to the Venetians and the soldiers of the fourth crusade in April 1204 was its climax. It ensured ……続きを見る

This is the first edition of the Middle English version of an influential treatise on governance entitled De Regimine Principum. The first volume contains a critical text of the Middle English prose……続きを見る

This volume is a concise introduction to the history and culture of the Huns. This ancient people had a famous reputation in Eurasian Late Antiquity. However, their history has often been evaluated ……続きを見る