Ford - Medieval 1

The True Story of Japan’s Most Legendary Warriors ー From Their Rise to Their Enduring Legacy Few figures in world history inspire as much fascination as the samurai. For centuries, these warriors s……続きを見る

This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest. The author starts by contrasting the differences in status between Anglo/Danish or ……続きを見る

"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving – and rather civilized – empire" - The Telegraph **"sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazin……続きを見る

Reexamines five famed medieval kings, questioning whether their celebrated legacies truly reflect their complex and often troubling reigns. Henry II. Richard I. Edward I. Edward III. Henry V. Five m……続きを見る

Taking as her focus a body of writings in poetic, didactic, and legal modes that circulated in England's capital between the 1380sーjust a generation after the Black Deathーand the first decade of t……続きを見る

William Sime's "History of the Inquisition from Its Establishment Till the Present Time" offers a comprehensive analysis of one of the most controversial institutions in European history. The text i……続きを見る

Reassesses Emperor Leo III's reign, focusing on his military, religious, and political challenges in stabilizing the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire (long since ruled from Constantinople) was in a pe……続きを見る

In "Henry the Second", Alice Stopford Green delves into the complex reign of one of England's most significant monarchs, presenting a meticulous exploration of historical narratives intertwined with……続きを見る

This volume explores the topics of military revolutions, strategy, and tactics both separately and as they relate to each other. It makes important contributions to understanding European warfare in……続きを見る

In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ lives in Europe. This study analyzes the ……続きを見る

An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through their centuries-long career, The Knights ……続きを見る

An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae . At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the b……続きを見る

A highly illustrated account of one of the major battles of Italy's 13th century wars, immortalized in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri who was one of the combatants. Campaldino is one of the im……続きを見る

The colourful, enthralling story of the Russo-Mongol battle of Kulikovo, involving: the killing of a Muscovite prince (only for it to turn out to be a body double) and an unexpected ambush to turn l……続きを見る

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. ASSAH offers researchers an……続きを見る

A brilliant new reading of the Bayeux Tapestry that radically alters our understanding of the events of 1066 and reveals the astonishing story of the survival of early medieval Europe’s greatest tre……続きを見る

Eustace was a naughty monk who lived in France during the Middle Ages. Monks usually spent their time praying and reading the bible and being good, but Eustace was not like that at all! People told ……続きを見る

This was the threefold task of the House of Lancaster: to recover prestige abroad, to restore peace at home, to re-establish order in the Church. For Henry of Bolingbroke the crown was to prove a th……続きを見る

Health, Sickness, Medicine and the Friars in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries explores the attitudes and responses of the mendicant orders to illness, their contribution to medical history, t……続きを見る

Seven hundred years after the dissolution of the order, the trial of the Templars still arouses enormous controversy and speculation. In October 1307, all the brothers of the military-religious orde……続きを見る

Taking the evidence of maps and documents, this book, originally published in 1957, describes 6 journeys inthe field: to parish boundaries, Elizabethan villages, the planted medieval towns and to pa……続きを見る

The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. These individuals lis……続きを見る

The vernacular Anglo-Saxon Chronicles cover the centuries which saw the making of England and its conquest by Scandinavians and Normans. After Alfred traces their development from their genesis at t……続きを見る

In "The Study of the Anglo-Norman," Paul Studer meticulously explores the complexities of the Anglo-Norman language and its profound impact on medieval England. Employing a blend of rigorous linguis……続きを見る

The three volumes of A History of the Peoples of the British Isles weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. The authors trace the course of social, ec……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984, Literature and Law in the Middle Ages is a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of literature and law in the Middle Ages. The collection was composed with the noti……続きを見る

Preliminary observations are generally uninteresting and undesirable: yet there are two points which suggest themselves as to the present work requiring a few words of comment. The first of these is……続きを見る

Preliminary observations are generally uninteresting and undesirable: yet there are two points which suggest themselves as to the present work requiring a few words of comment. The first of these is……続きを見る

This was the threefold task of the House of Lancaster: to recover prestige abroad, to restore peace at home, to re-establish order in the Church. For Henry of Bolingbroke the crown was to prove a th……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem is a history ……続きを見る