M.B - Medieval 3

This is the first major study in English of the reign of Philip Augustus who ruled France from 1180 - 1223. Outshone for posterity, by his flamboyant contemporaries, the Angevin family of Henry II a……続きを見る

If terms are associated with particular historical periods, then ’polemic’ is firmly rooted within early modern print culture, the apparently inevitable result of religious controversy and the rise ……続きを見る

Now fully revised and updated, this popular guide and compendium of good eating captures the true character and flavor of the most intimate and affordable eating establishments Paris has to offer. C……続きを見る

This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position ……続きを見る

Le Serment est, par la beauté de la forme et par l’élévation des idées, un des plus précieux monuments de la littérature grecque ; c’est la pièce la plus ancienne et la plus vénérable des archives d……続きを見る

How can beliefs, which are immaterial, be about things? How can the body be the seat of thought? This book traces the historical roots of the cognitive sciences and examines pre-modern conceptualiza……続きを見る

Alexander Petöfi, the great Hungarian poet, in one of his beautiful poems, sings thus of his native land: “If the earth be God’s crown Our country is its fairest jewel.” And truly were we able to as……続きを見る

IN the night of the 24th of August, 410, Alaric, King of the Western Goths, entered Rome with his army, by the Salarian Gate -- outside of which Hannibal had encamped long ago--and took the Imperial……続きを見る

The famous Viking, Ragnar Lodbrok, accomplished many great deeds according to the Viking Sagas associated with him. However, for many, it is his personal life, and the women who loved him that garne……続きを見る

Mediæval Londonーit is a perfectly distinct and real subject, though it might be difficult to give exact dates of beginning and end. Historical periods glide in, and run their course, and fade away ……続きを見る

Un crudele aristocratico, un fascinoso avventuriero e una giovane popolana: triangolo classico per una novella spassosa e boccaccesca sullo sfondo della Napoli Angioina 続きを見る

In tracing the causes of the Crusades, that fearful drama whose nine acts ran the weary length of nearly two centuries, and at a low computation cost Europe two millions of lives, the word itself be……続きを見る

THE three grandest names of Carlovingian lineage are so closely connected, and so nearly contemporary, that the history of one of their number necessarily involves that of the others. For this reaso……続きを見る

WHO were these Variagi, or Varangians? To what race did they belong? No questions in the early history of Russia are more eagerly debated. After more than a century of controversy, the various views……続きを見る

Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists, but as an integral part of human civilization, and traces the development of science through different……続きを見る

A Short History of the Crusades is a succinct and easy to read overview of the Crusades. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

Maskwork is a new way of looking at the art of masks and mask-making: a unique combination of ethnography, design and practical advice. Jenny Foreman's book for teachers and practitioners of drama, ……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

O que nos atrai na Idade Média? Para além dos bestiários, lugares exóticos e tantos outros rótulos com grande sucesso atual nas mídias globalizantes, estes jovens medievalistas brasileiros buscam re……続きを見る

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an i……続きを見る

«Uno sguardo innovativo sui conflitti tra arabi e cristiani in Palestina tra VII e XII secolo e un’indagine sulle origini medievali di crociate e jihad e il loro attuale significato.» «The Bookselle……続きを見る

The concept of the medieval city is fixed in the modern imagination, conjuring visions of fortified walls, towering churches, and winding streets. In Riemenschneider in Rothenburg, Katherine M. Boiv……続きを見る

Global Medieval Contexts 500–1500: Connections and Comparisons provides a unique wide-lens introduction to world history during this period. Designed for students new to the subject, this textbook e……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223), also known as Gerallt Gymro in Welsh or Giraldus Cambrensis in Latin, archdeacon of Brecon, was a medieval clergyman and chronicler of h……続きを見る

The conflict between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries never ceases to fascinate. This stimulating edited collection, inspired by the Problems in Focus volume originally published in……続きを見る

In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to pressing with weights as a coercive measure. Using peine forte et dure ('strong and hard punishment') ……続きを見る

Robert de Clari (died c. 1220), a member of the Lesser Picard nobility from the vicinity of Amiens, left a chronicle of the Fourth Crusade in which he took part. This is an important work in the stu……続きを見る

This collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease, across and beyond the pre-modern Mediterranean world, Christian, Islamic and Jewish h……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage a pour sujet le problème de la persécution des chrétiens dans l'Empire romain depuis le règne de Néron jusqu'à l'édit de tolérance de Constantin. Les causes des persécutions de chrétiens……続きを見る

Prima e durante la conquista dell’Inghilterra da parte del duca Guglielmo, molti nobili normanni altrettanto ambiziosi e bellicosi (in particolare quelli provenienti dalle famiglie Drengot, Altavill……続きを見る