Medieval 89

Cities, Texts and Social Networks examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, I……続きを見る

As the articles reprinted in this volume demonstrate, medieval men and women were curious about the world around them. They wanted to hear about distant lands and the various peoples who inhabited t……続きを見る

Woodworking has been one of the most important technologies from the earliest times. Carpentry was important for buildings and bridges and as an integral part of most construction processes. The his……続きを見る

The influence of Arabic-Islamic science on European astronomy is still evident in the number of terms and star names which derive from the Arabic. These articles examine what the Arabs - and other p……続きを見る

1999 marked the eleven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, and to mark this event, two international conferences were held to re-evaluate and contextualise Alfred's achievements ……続きを見る

Hagia Sophia is more than 1,400 years old. It was a Christian Church, then a Muslim mosque, and is now a museum. Here, from National Book Award winner Richard Winston, is the extraordinary story of ……続きを見る

In recent times, globalisation has made the world more interdependent than ever before. W. B. Bartlett’s masterly new history of the world narrates the great – and small – events that have shaped th……続きを見る

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique "golden age" (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine "Reconquista" (post-AD 965) while overlooking ……続きを見る

Portraits of aristocratic women from the Yorkist and Tudor periods reveal elaborately clothed and bejeweled nobility, exemplars of their families' wealth. Unlike their male counterparts, their sitte……続きを見る

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the ……続きを見る

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

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

John Trevisa (ca.1342-1402), perhaps the greatest of Middle English prose translators of Latin texts into English, was almost an exact contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer. Trevisa was born in Cornwall,……続きを見る

Æthelflæd, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boud……続きを見る

"This is history as it should be written. In When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans, a logical advancement on his earlier studies, Fine has successfully tackled a fascinating historical questi……続きを見る

This volume explores the conceptualization and construction of sacred space in a wide variety of faith traditions: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and the religions of Japan. It deploys the ……続きを見る

Beginning with the Black Death in 1348 and extending through to the demise of Habsburg rule in 1700, this second edition of Spanish Society, 1348–1700 has been expanded to provide a wide and compell……続きを見る

Producing Christian Culture takes as its thread the 'interpretative genres' within which medieval people engaged with the Bible. Contributors to the volume present specific material as a case study ……続きを見る

This is the first scholarly biography of Cecily Neville, duchess of York, the mother of Edward IV and Richard III. She was said to have ruled Edward IV 'as she pleased' and Richard III made his bid ……続きを見る

This critical assessment of the archaeology of the historic city of Winchester and its immediate environs from earliest times to the present day is the first published comprehensive review of the ar……続きを見る

La battaglia di Coronate fu combattuta nel 689 nella piana presso l’Adda tra Cornate d’Adda (anticamente Coronate) e Trezzo sull’Adda tra l’esercito del re dei Longobardi Cuniperto e quello dell’usu……続きを見る

Art in England fills a void in the scholarship of both English and medieval art by offering the first single volume overview of artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance England. Grounded……続きを見る

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

Late medieval church courts frequently excommunicated debtors at the request of their creditors. Tyler Lange analyzes over 11,000 excommunications between 1380 and 1530 in order to explore the forms……続きを見る

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increas……続きを見る

The "aged queen of French cathedrals," Victor Hugo called Notre-Dame. And ancient it was - nearly 700 years had passed since the Bishop Maurice de Sully decided that Paris needed a cathedral worthy ……続きを見る

El proyecto de Historia de España Digital de la Universidad de Salamanca se estructura en varias etapas, concretadas en otros tantos volúmenes. El que ahora ofrecemos es el referido al período medie……続きを見る

Ingratiation from the Renaissance to the Present explores a common ethical problem for intellectuals of the Renaissance: How does one win the favor and patronage of the wealthy and powerful and yet ……続きを見る

Britain of the fifteenth century was rife with social change, religious dissent, and political upheaval. Amid this ferment lived John CapgraveーAustin friar, doctor of theology, leading figure in Ea……続きを見る

Die spannende, zweiteilige Terra-X-Dokumentation über die Deutsche Hanse ist jetzt auch auf DVD erhältlich. Laufzeit: ca. 90 Min. Januar 1358: Ein genialer Propaganda-Coup gelingt. Ein loser Handels……続きを見る