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We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons c……続きを見る

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using b……続きを見る

In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant statesーthe Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Em……続きを見る

A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire Historian Timothy Bo……続きを見る

This illuminating new study considers the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how the religious text provided a key language of political debate and played a crit……続きを見る

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and travels of Leif Eriksson in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Leif Erik……続きを見る

The most devastating attacks against the Jews of medieval Christian Europe took place during the riots that erupted, in 1391 and 1392, in the lands of Castile and Aragon. For ten horrific months, hu……続きを見る

Jonathan Harris' new edition of the CHOICEOutstanding Academic Title, Constantinople, provides an updated and extended introduction to the history of Byzantium and its capital city. Accessible and e……続きを見る

The Templars and the Shroud of Christ is the second book in this series by Vatican historian, Barbara Frale. The Knights Templar – the most powerful religious-military order of the Middle Ages – alm……続きを見る

Challenging current perspectives of urbanisation, The Routledge History Handbook of Gender and the Urban Experience explores how our towns and cities have shaped and been shaped by cultural, spatial……続きを見る

This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside constructed c……続きを見る

L'histoire d'une légende vivante Richard Cœur de Lion, né en 1153, fut le moins anglais des rois d'Angleterre, où il ne résida que six mois, régnant sur d'immenses territoires allant de l'Ecosse aux……続きを見る

A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon from the four……続きを見る

Dopo la caduta dell’Impero Romano d’Occidente fu Costantinopoli a mantenere vive le vestigia e tradizioni romane. Dalla nuova capitale sul Bosforo, opulenta città e ricca di fascino, ripartirono i t……続きを見る

Adrián vuelve a ver a Mónica tras años de estar desaparecido y vuelve a nacer, en esta, sentimientos aletargados. El reencuentro depara felicidad pero un desastre urbanístico, al derrumbarse las obr……続きを見る

Heresy and Dissent in the Carolingian Empire recounts the history of an exceptional ninth-century religious outlaw, Gottschalk of Orbais. Frankish Christianity required obedience to ecclesiastical s……続きを見る

Una breve sintesi della feudalità italiana nel 200. Libro illustrato e interattivo. In formato testo e immagine. Pagine 107. 続きを見る

Trusty's Hill is an early medieval fort at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The hillfort comprises a fortified citadel defined by a vitrified rampart around its summit, with a number of en……続きを見る

From Larry Siedentop, acclaimed author of Democracy in Europe, Inventing the Individual is a highly original rethinking of how our moral beliefs were formed and their impact on western society today……続きを見る

In A Saving Science, Eric Ramírez-Weaver explores the significance of early medieval astronomy in the Frankish empire, using as his lens an astronomical masterpiece, the deluxe manuscript of the Han……続きを見る

In the third portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter takes readers on a dazzling excursion of Montparnasse. By the IACP Award-winning author of the n……続きを見る

Nel XIII secolo Il Sacro Romano Impero è guidato da Federico II Hohenstaufen, soprannominato “Stupor Mundi”. Sotto la sua guida l’Europa medievale vive un periodo di rinnovamento politico e cultural……続きを見る

This book investigates the economic, intellectual and political history of late medieval and early modern Genoa and the historical origins of the Genoese presence in the Spanish Atlantic. Salonia de……続きを見る

Medieval England’s specific political and linguistic history encompasses a great number of significant changes, some of the most disruptive of which were occasioned by the Norman Conquest. The allit……続きを見る

Threatened by advancing Muslim power, Christian Europe struck back in a last Crusade. For four hours, historian Oliver Warner writes in this essay, the mightiest fleets hitherto known were locked in……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la Reconquista, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Indagar so……続きを見る

The Renaissance was a revolution of ideas, arts and sciences alike, with Italy at its center. Venice was among the first states to embrace new concepts in fortification, which would dominate militar……続きを見る

The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reco……続きを見る

The Druids and the Arthurian legends are all most of us know about early Britain, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (4500 BC-AD 43). Drawing on archaeological discoveries and medieval Welsh texts l……続きを見る

The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and spreading terror. In the north, they settled Iceland ……続きを見る