著者:Leonard James
出版社: Bretwalda Books
発売日: 2015年05月17日
A book about the historic Battle of Bannockburn, the great triumph by Robert Bruce of Edward II of England that won independence for Scotland. The book is being released to mark the 700th anniversar……続きを見る
During the early middle ages, Europe developed complex and varied Christian cultures, and from about 1100 secular rulers, competing factions and inspired individuals continued to engender a diverse ……続きを見る
The Middle Ages is a term coined around 1450 to describe a thousand years of European History. In this Very Short Introduction, Miri Rubin provides an exploration of the variety, change, dynamism, a……続きを見る
A fascinating surviving chronicle from 12th-century England which holds a unique and terrible place in the history of anti-Semitism
The Life and Passion of William of Norwich gives a remarkable insi……続きを見る
The bloody Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York ended with the killing of Richard III. With the recent discovery of his skeleton, and the consequent controversy over his final ……続きを見る
著者:Yaniv Fox
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
This study is the first to attempt a thorough investigation of the activities of the Columbanian congregation, which played a significant role in the development of Western monasticism. This was a n……続きを見る
This new addition to the popular Seminar Studies series looks at the origins, development and organisation of the Military Orders during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, showing how they functi……続きを見る
**'**David Carpenter deserves to replace Sir James Holt as the standard authority, and an unfailingly readable one too.' Ferdinand Mount, TLS
***'***An invaluable new commentary' Jill Leopore, New Y……続きを見る
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition.
Marco Polo was the most f……続きを見る
著者:Peter Stanford
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2015年03月12日
In this fascinating historical and cultural biography, writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford deconstructs that most vilified of Bible characters: Judas Iscariot, who famously betrayed Jesus with a k……続きを見る
著者:Nigel Cawthorne
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年02月07日
Who was Robin Hood? Throughout history the figures of the hooded man of Sherwood forest and his band of outlaws have transfixed readers and viewers; but where does the myth come from? The story appe……続きを見る
This is the first comprehensive survey of the history of the book in Britain from Roman through Anglo-Saxon to early Norman times. The expert contributions explore the physical form of books, includ……続きを見る
During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of ……続きを見る
著者:Martyn Whittock
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年02月07日
Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extr……続きを見る
著者:Geoffrey Hindley
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年02月07日
Why did the medieval Church bless William of Normandy's invasion of Christian England in 1066 and authorise cultural genocide in Provence? How could a Christian army sack Christian Constantinople in……続きを見る
出版社: University of Manitoba Press
発売日: 2014年09月27日
The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wea……続きを見る
For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldy kingdom, England was small and poor, but for t……続きを見る
著者:Gregor Thum
出版社: Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH
発売日: 2009年10月02日
Eine deutsche Stadt wird polnisch.
Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde aus Breslau, der damals größten deutschen Stadt östlich von Berlin, Wroclaw, eine Stadt im westlichen Polen. Für Militärs und ……続きを見る
Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades.
Bringing together an aut……続きを見る
The Akhbar al-dawla al-saljuqiyya is one of the key primary documents on the history of Western Persia and Iraq in the 11th and 12th centuries. This book provides an accessible English translation a……続きを見る
First Published in 2004. Four things dominated the life of the mediaeval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this book is concerned. It encompasses the wh……続きを見る
著者:Oliver Hilmes
出版社: Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH
発売日: 2010年06月14日
Ganz große Oper: Die Geschichte der Familie Wagner
Oliver Hilmes entschlüsselt den Wagner-Kosmos, indem er die Nachkommen der schillernden Komponisten-Witwe porträtiert und ihren Kampf um die Macht ……続きを見る
Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country’s most famous castles, as well as……続きを見る
著者:Frank Barlow
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2014年09月25日
Now in its fifth edition, this hugely successful text remains as vivid and readable as ever. Frank Barlow illuminates every aspect of the Anglo-Norman world, but the central appeal of the book conti……続きを見る
Eleanor of Castile, the remarkable woman behind England’s greatest medieval king, Edward I, has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she had one of the most fascinating lives of any of Engl……続きを見る
著者:John Fennell
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2014年10月13日
John Fennell's history of thirteenth-century Russia is the only detailed study in English of the period, and is based on close investigation of the primary sources. His account concentrates on the t……続きを見る
Tout le monde connaît le nom de Blanche de Castille, mère de Saint-Louis. Mais qui fut-elle vraiment ? Quelle femme était-elle ? Quelle mère était-elle avec ses enfants ? Et surtout quelle reine éta……続きを見る
This book explores the complexity of preaching as a phenomenon in the medieval Jewish-Christian encounter. This was not only an "encounter" as physical meeting or confrontation (such as the forced a……続きを見る
著者:Phillip Warner
出版社: Class Publishing
発売日: 2014年10月06日
Very few living men have taken part in a battle, and many must wonder how they would acquit themselves if ever they had to. A medieval battle was a very complex affair; it was far from being a simpl……続きを見る
著者:Phillip Warner
出版社: Class Publishing
発売日: 2014年10月06日
Although the Welsh are perhaps not widely known for their military history, the story of warfare in Wales spans some three thousand years. In Famous Welsh Battles, Philip Warner gives a detailed acc……続きを見る