M.B - Medieval 4

This interdisciplinary book breaks new ground by systematically examining ways in which two of the most important works of late medieval English literature – Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Love ……続きを見る

This selection of articles, published for the 50th anniversary of the author's doctorate at Göttingen, opens with studies on his teacher, Percy Ernst Schramm, and his contribution to the study of t……続きを見る

Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia is a study of the functions and conceptions of writing and reading, documentation and archives, and the role of literate authorities in the Christian kin……続きを見る

“An enriching account of the expansion of the political and cultural frontiers of the Latin West in the central Middle Ages.”ーHistory Today When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem fr……続きを見る

Delve into the myth and mystery of the Knights Templar with essays by Lynn Picknett, Robert Lomas, Stephen Dafoe, Sandy Hamblett, and other experts. Much has been written about the group of fourteen……続きを見る

Over the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale an……続きを見る

In 'Old St. Paul's Cathedral' by William Benham, readers are taken on a literary journey through the rich history and architectural significance of one of London's most iconic landmarks. Benham's bo……続きを見る

The first of a series of volumes on the Hospitaller Knights of Saint John, this volume covers the period 1306–1522. The Hospitaller Knights had developed during the Crusades from a monastic order pr……続きを見る

Different approaches have been conducted to analyse the interactions of the different belief systems in the early medieval world. This book assesses the relationship between clerics and Scandinavian……続きを見る

Qual era il misterioso idolo che i cavalieri Templari veneravano in segreto? Era forse la Sindone di Torino posseduta dall’Ordine sin dai tempi della IV crociata? Scampata all’arresto dei Templari e……続きを見る

Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M……続きを見る