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Irish inhabitants of the 'four obedient shires' - a term commonly used to describe the region at the heart of the English colony in the later Middle Ages - were significantly anglicised, taking on E……続きを見る

On a summer day nearly twelve hundred years ago, three ships with bright red sails drew near to one of the little ports of the Dorset coast in the south of England. The townsfolk saw the ships, and ……続きを見る

During the years between the campaign in Flanders, which was ended by a truce on September 25th, 1340, and the campaign of Cressy, in 1346, Edward had been principally occupied in preparations for r……続きを見る

Als Hexenverfolgung bezeichnet man das Aufspüren, Festnehmen, Foltern und Bestrafen (insbesondere die Hinrichtung) von Personen, von denen geglaubt wird, sie praktizierten Zauberei bzw. stünden mit ……続きを見る

Hexenverfolgungen fanden in Mitteleuropa vor allem während der Frühen Neuzeit statt und sind aus globaler Perspektive bis in die Gegenwart verbreitet. Grundlage für die gegenüber dem Mittelalter deu……続きを見る

Diese umfassende Einführung in das gesamte Gebiet der übernatürlichen Phänomene stellt Manfred Kybers esoterisches Hauptwerk dar, das, 1925 zum ersten Mal verlegt, bis heute nichts von seiner Aktual……続きを見る

The two hundred years which cover, roughly speaking, the actual period of the Holy War, are crammed with an interest that never grows dim. Gallant figures, noble knights, generous foes, valiant wome……続きを見る

The history of England, like the land and its people, has been specially insular, and yet no land has undergone deeper influences from without. No land has owed more than England to the personal act……続きを見る

At the beginning of the period Rome was old and worn out with misgovernment and evil living. But planted in this dying Rome there was the new and vigorous Christian Church which was to draw up into ……続きを見る

Die Geschichte der Burgundischen Niederlande ist bestimmt von machtvollen Auseinandersetzungen, in deren Zentrum als treibende Kraft die Herzöge von Burgund aus dem Haus Valois standen. Ihnen gelang……続きを見る

Venivano dalle paludi salate della Bretagna e diventarono re di Scozia e d’Inghilterra. Attingendo a fonti storiche e letterarie, Allan Massie narra la saga familiare e politica degli Stuart, giunti……続きを見る

Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and Byzantium seeks to reveal Christian understanding of the body and sacred space in the medieval Mediterranean. Case studies examine enco……続きを見る

Preaching was an integral part of the crusade movement. This book focuses on the efforts of the first four Avignon popes to organize crusade preaching campaigns to the Eastern Mediterranean and on t……続きを見る

This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secured with land or other property, and th……続きを見る

The period of which this volume treats differs fundamentally both from that which precedes and from that which follows it. In each of those periods we are able to fix our attention upon a certain we……続きを見る

The long conflict between France and England, to which historians have given the name of "The Hundred Years' War," interests us chiefly as an illustration on a great scale of the transition from the……続きを見る

After the death of Charlemagne and the partition of his great empire among his feeble successors, it seemed as though the world was again falling back into chaos. The bonds of society seemed entirel……続きを見る

Iceland is a little country far north in the cold sea. Men found it and went there to live more than a thousand years ago. During the warm season they used to fish and make fish-oil and hunt sea-bir……続きを見る

Story of the life of William the Conqueror, telling of his boyhood in Normandy, beset by dangers, of his knighting by the King of France and of the after-deeds which made him famous, including the c……続きを見る

The opulence of Byzantine art, with its extravagant use of gold and silver, is well known. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting and promoting this society and its value……続きを見る

Any visitor to Belgium or the Netherlands is immediately struck by the number of convents and beguinages (begijnhoven) in both major cities and small towns. Their number and location in urban centre……続きを見る

Previous to the eleventh century there had been quarrels between Emperor and Pope. Occasional Popes, such as Nicholas I (858-67), had asserted high prerogatives for the successor of St. Peter, but w……続きを見る

Il primo libro di una nuova serie di monografie di storia militare, intitolato "Warriors and soldiers of Italy" e interamente prodotto con materiali originali nel nostro Paese: un testo agile e molt……続きを見る

Childhood & Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture counters the generally received wisdom that early medieval childhood and adolescence were an unremittingly bleak experience. The contributors ……続きを見る

While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern schola……続きを見る

The curious paradox of romance is that, throughout its history, this genre has been dismissed as trivial and unintellectual, yet people have never ceased to flock to it with enthusiasm and even ferv……続きを見る

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life, work……続きを見る

The beginning of the Christian Church is reckoned from the great day on which the Holy Ghost came down, according as our Lord had promised to His Apostles. At that time, "Jews, devout men, out of ev……続きを見る

This collection of essays offers a unique contribution to the study of violence and justice in a late medieval and early modern Italy by combining a multivocal perspective with a case-study focus on……続きを見る

Retour sur l'un des épisodes fondateurs de la nation France et du roman national : la victoire des chevaliers de Philippe Auguste lors de la batailles de Bouvines La bataille de Bouvines, remportée ……続きを見る