wired - Medieval 10

This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the exempla tradition in lat……続きを見る

In Living Letters of the Law, Jeremy Cohen investigates the images of Jews and Judaism in the works of medieval Christian theologians from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas. He reveals howーand whyーmedie……続きを見る

In With a Bended Bow Erik Roth presents a comprehensive examination of the archer and his weapon in a time when archery was both economically and militarily vital to the security of England, based o……続きを見る

A year after Richard III's death, a boy claiming to be a Yorkist prince appeared as if from nowhere, claiming to be Richard III's heir and the rightful King of England. In 1487, in a unique ceremony……続きを見る

These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to ……続きを見る

The history of the Scottish nation is full to the brim with glorious heroes and epic struggles. Throughout the centuries of its fight for independence, Scotland gave birth to some truly exceptional ……続きを見る

The first modern biography of medieval French scholar and bishop William of Auvergne. Today, William of Auvergne (1180?–1249) is remembered for his scholarship about the afterlife as well as the so-……続きを見る

Im Jahr 1073 entlädt sich die lang aufgestaute Wut der sächsischen Bauern und Adligen über die Willkür einiger der von König Heinrich IV. auf seinen neuerbauten Burgen eingesetzten Vögte in einem ma……続きを見る

Fictions of Witness in the Confessio Amantis details the first years of the Confessio’s material history and offers a major revision to a century’s old narrative of political revision and conversion……続きを見る

Throughout his career, Robert Brentano attempted to understand the nature and 'style' of ecclesiastical institutions in Italy and the British Isles, the specific qualities of saints and the communit……続きを見る

Hartwin Brandt beschreibt in dem WISSEN-Band "Das Ende der Antike" in konziser, gut lesbarer und anregender Form die Geschichte der Spätantike von 284 bis 565 n. Chr. Neben der knappen und klaren Ve……続きを見る

The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest. It is a studi……続きを見る

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred’s lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for ……続きを見る

In pursuing how fourteenth-century English texts engage with philosophical, intellectual, and theological questions, the work of Denise N. Baker has powerfully shaped the field of medieval studies. ……続きを見る

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature. Anxiety about hybridity surfaces in characters of mixed ethnic identity……続きを見る

First published in 1929, The Mystery of the Great Pyramid attempts to unravel the secrets of the Great Pyramid by drawing parallels with the rituals in the Book of the Dead. The conception of the Py……続きを見る

How Genghis Khan and the Mongols conquered nearly one-sixth of the planet: “The fascinating story of history’s most misunderstood empire builders.” ーAlan Axelrod, bestselling author of Miracle at B……続きを見る

A spirited history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages: “A dazzling race through a complex millennium.”ーPublishers Weekly The millennium between the……続きを見る

In the thriving urban economies of late thirteenth-century Catalonia, Jewish and Christian women labored to support their families and their communities. The Fruit of Her Hands examines how gender, ……続きを見る

The goal of this book is to give a vivid and accurate account of the capture of Constantinople and the destruction of the Greek empire. In order to make the story intelligible and to explain its sig……続きを見る

An element common to all the articles collected here is the attempt to make parallel use of sources from different cultures - Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, Greek and Latin, Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic ……続きを見る

In 'The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century' by William Klapp Williams, the reader is taken on a scholarly journey through the historical evolution of communes in Lombardy during a c……続きを見る

The life and times of the greatest knight of the high middle ages, who saved England from the French. In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops pillaging the country and defea……続きを見る

'This new edition returns a mercurial, bravura work to the bookshelves, from which it has been absent too long' Dan Jones, author of The Templars. Dubbed the 'stupor mundi' – the wonder of the world……続きを見る

This collection offers a holistic understanding of the impact of both crusading and settlement on the literary cultures of Latin Christendom. The period between the First Crusade and the collapse of……続きを見る

Study of the Norman World's borders, frontiers, and boundaries in Europe, shedding fresh light on their nature and extent. The Normans exerted great influence across Christendom and beyond in the el……続きを見る

Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom li……続きを見る

Richard I. Löwenherz (1157–1199) zählt zu den bekanntesten Akteuren des Mittelalters. Sein Kreuzzug gegen Sultan Saladin und sein Image als Idealgestalt des Rittertums machten ihn zu einem Mythos. S……続きを見る

Über vier Generationen führten die Staufer riesige Armeen in den Orient. Mit ihren Kreuzzügen schlugen sie tiefe Schneisen in der östlichen Mittelmeerwelt, aber auch in der Heimat. Riefen die Staufe……続きを見る

Micro Middle Ages brings together five microhistorical case studies focusing on small or seemingly inconsequential evidence that leads to broader conclusions about medieval history and the way we do……続きを見る