wired - Medieval 10

This book is the first to systematically examine the sources of medieval statistics. It will be useful as a handbook for researchers in financial and cultural history, as a history of financial reco……続きを見る

This contributed volume focuses on Philippa Plantagenet (1360–1415), queen of Portugal for almost three decades, and the complexion of the court. Chapters thoroughly examine the Portuguese royal cou……続きを見る

In "Der Geist des Mittelalters" präsentiert Henry Osborn Taylor eine tiefgehende Analyse der geistigen und kulturellen Strömungen, die das europäische Mittelalter prägten. Taylor erkundet die vielsc……続きを見る

Leading historians and archaeologists offer a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly entangled worlds that spanned the globe between 600 and 1350 CE. The period between the seventh and fourt……続きを見る

This book explores the profound mystical spirituality of Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306), a Franciscan friar, poet, and theologian, whose writings continue to resonate in the modern era. Through an in-……続きを見る

Abbreviating Middle English: Scribal practices, Visual Texts and Medieval Multimodalitiesinvestigates the changing dynamics of scribal abbreviating practices in a corpus of late Middle English manus……続きを見る

Law in a Culture of Theology: The Use of Canon Law by Parisian Theologians, ca. 1120–ca. 1220 considers the study of law within its intellectual environment. It demonstrates that theologians associa……続きを見る

This book explores the connections between space and narrative through an in-depth analysis of the fourteenth-century Middle English Breton lays. The work employs a range of critical approaches pert……続きを見る

With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. Inf……続きを見る

Offers a biographical and archaeological exploration of William de Felton, builder of Edlingham Castle. A Medieval Life: William de Felton and Edlingham Castle, 1260–1327 is a biography of a little-……続きを見る

Drawing on a quantitative analysis of hundreds of printed and archival sources from 77 towns, The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval England is the first cross-regional investigation into the……続きを見る

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary p……続きを見る

The Flower of Battle, by Fiore dei Liberi This is the companion volume to the Spada Press facsimile of Il Fior di Battaglia. Please note: This ebook is available for free with any purchase of the pa……続きを見る

Originally published in 1986, this volume illuminates the predominant theatrical styles of a particular period in dramatic history. It does this by reconstructing – as far as conjecture permits – th……続きを見る

This book explores intermedial compositional processes in later Byzantium, building on the Akathistos Hymnos. The relationship between the hymn’s text, music, and illustrations has yet to be explore……続きを見る

Making Domesday presents a fresh interpretation of William the Conqueror's survey of England, made possible by a major collaborative study and a new online edition of Exon Domesday, the earliest of ……続きを見る

Il est coutumier d'imputer au Moyen Âge la persécution de la sorcellerie. Elle se poursuivrait à l'époque moderne et disparaîtrait progressivement depuis le XVIIe siècle grâce au rationalisme cartés……続きを見る

L’ouvrage de Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, Histoire des peuples de langue anglaise est une œuvre colossale à l’image de son auteur. Cet ouvrage couvre plus de deux millénaires d’Histoire. Le premie……続きを見る

Dans cet ouvrage succédant à ceux qu'il a consacré à Villard de Honnecourt et à la cathédrale de Reims, Jean Wirth aborde la cathédrale de Chartres, de la reconstruction de la façade après 1134 à ce……続きを見る

This book presents the proceedings of the international conference “The Middle Ages in the Modern World,” held in Rome November 21-24, 2018. Attended by more than a hundred participants of different……続きを見る

Au XIIIe et au XIVe siècle, trois géographes arabes ont consacré une part de leurs dictionnaires aux territoires africains. Les villes, les montagnes, les fleuves et les mers y sont décrits au lecte……続きを見る

L'or est soit un objet, soit un mythe de cet objet. L'objet-or est soit un métal, minerai ou épuré, soit un bijou à éventail de multiples significations dont celle de monnaie. Le mythe part de l'écl……続きを見る

L'épopée vise donc à un but, qu'il soit purement narratif, ou qu'il se double d'une valeur morale. La marche du temps est ressentie comme la force qui nous en rapproche ; le récit est fortement marq……続きを見る

Parmi les ouvrages d’Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh b. Muslim b. Qutayba, le Kitāb ta’wīl muḫtalif al-ḥadīṯ occupe une place à part. Si les autres ouvrages de cet auteur peuvent être classés à des titres d……続きを見る

No subject looms larger over the historical landscape of medieval Spain than that of the reconquista, the rapid expansion of the power of the Christian kingdoms into the Muslim-populated lands of so……続きを見る

In the closing years of the fourteenth century, an anonymous French writer compiled a book addressed to a fifteen-year-old bride, narrated in the voice of her husband, a wealthy, aging Parisian. The……続きを見る

Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the "Land of Saints and Scholars," due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that permeated its culture. As early as the seventh century……続きを見る

In his first book composed in English, Rémi Brague maintains that there is a fundamental problem with modernity: we no longer consider the created world and humanity as intrinsically valuable. Curin……続きを見る

Spiritual seekers throughout history have sought illumination through solitary contemplation. In the Christian tradition, medieval England stands out for its remarkable array of hermits, recluses, a……続きを見る

In The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters: Arabic Knowledge Construction, Muhsin J. al-Musawi offers a groundbreaking study of literary heritage in the medieval and premodern Islamic period. Al-Mu……続きを見る