Kate - Medieval 1

In "The Minority of Henry the Third," Kate Norgate delves into the tumultuous period of English history marked by the youth of King Henry III, who ascended to the throne at just nine years old. Norg……続きを見る

Islam and Papal Power in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe traces the influential history of another book: Riccoldo da Montecroce’s Contra legem Sarracenorum. Around 1301, a Dominican missionary……続きを見る

Eleanor of Aquitaine is intelligent and beautiful, her immense wealth desired by kings. Her father’s dying wish places the young heiress under the guardianship of King Louis VI of France, who marrie……続きを見る

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the landscapes of the Middle Ages within and beyond Europe, paying close attention to the relationship between ‘real’ and imagined landscapes and the way……続きを見る

England under the Angevin Kings is a two-volume work by British historian Kate Norgate. It deals with the history of England in the 12th and early 13th centuries, when England was ruled by the Angev……続きを見る

Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950–1150 CE) practice of removing saints’ relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern ……続きを見る

This book explores how eleventh- and twelfth-century Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical authors attributed anger to kings in the exercise of their duties, and how such attributions related to larger expans……続きを見る

One man's disappearance is another man's destiny... The birth of a new medieval detective. The political situation in 1471 is complex and the war between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions rages o……続きを見る

A town paralysed with fear, two children gone missing. Roger's most difficult case yet... April, 1475. As Roger approaches the thriving village of Totnes, danger crackles in the air. A pack of cutth……続きを見る

Sometimes dead men tell the most interesting tales... New Year's, 1474, finds Roger the Chapman collapsed with fever after wandering the frozen roads of Western England. Taken in by widow Margaret W……続きを見る

Find the killer. Solve the case. Save yourself. Roger the Chapman has been royally commanded to escort a King's messenger, Philip Underwood, who is carrying a vital despatch aboard his ship in Plymo……続きを見る

A nefarious plot will go right to the heart of the most powerful seat in the land... Roger the Chapman returns to London in the summer of 1475 for some badly needed rest and entertainment. But the h……続きを見る

In "The Minority of Henry the Third," Kate Norgate delves into a pivotal period in English history, detailing the years of political instability surrounding the young King Henry III's ascension. Nor……続きを見る

This book represents the first attempt to analyze historical and cultural developments in late medieval and early modern southeastern Europe as a set of mutually intertwined regional histories, burd……続きを見る

Odors, including those of incense, spices, cooking, and refuse, were both ubiquitous and meaningful in central and late medieval Western Europe. The significance of the sense of smell is evident in ……続きを見る

Concepts of visual communication form an explanatory framework for discussing the visual expressions of urban symbolic communication in urban life in towns in the center of Europe in the late mediev……続きを見る

During much of the twelfth century the Crusaders dominated the military scene in the Levant. The unification of Egypt and Syria by Saladin gradually changed the balance of power, which slowly begun ……続きを見る

This book offers a fresh approach to some of the most studied documents relating to Christian female asceticism in the Roman era. Focusing on the letters of advice to the women of the noble Anicia f……続きを見る

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since……続きを見る