Medieval 72

This book explores the nexus of art, personal piety, and self-representation in the last centuries of Byzantium. Spanning the period from around 1100 to around 1450, it focuses upon the evidence of ……続きを見る

The Knights Templar - "the army of the Lord" - were toughened and drilled like commando troops for hand-to-hand combat. They gained a reputation for ferocity in battle; indeed, brutality toward an i……続きを見る

Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, has been called the most unlikely King of England. Yet his rise from obscurity was foretold by the bards, and by 1485, the familial bloodbath of the Wars of the Ro……続きを見る

The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars and the formidable influence of the Church. But what about the everyday experience of the royal subjects and common people……続きを見る

From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation’s statement that Jesus is “the Alpha and Omega,” we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful conce……続きを見る

‘This is the history of that most sacred vessel that is named by men the Holy Grail, wherein the precious blood of Our Saviour was received on the day that He was crucified that He might redeem His ……続きを見る

Scholars have made conflicting claims for Byzantine hospitals as medical institutions and as the forebears of the modern hospital. In this study is the first systematic examination of the evidence o……続きを見る

Manuscripts containing Greek medical texts were inventoried by author and work at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of philologists under the direction of Hermann Diels. Useful as it was ……続きを見る

Street vendors are ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. They are part of almost any distribution chain, and play an important role in the marketing of consumer goods particularly to p……続きを見る

Jacques de Molay the 23rd and final Grand Master of The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, better know as The Knights Templar. The Knights Templar formed in 1119 and quickly r……続きを見る

Richard the Lionheart of England and Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria met in a bloody war for the Holy Land. But the champions of Christendom and Islam gave the medieval world a lesson in the honor……続きを見る

Excavations at Collingbourne Ducis revealed almost the full extent of a late 5th–7th century cemetery first recorded in 1974, providing one of the largest samples of burial remains from Anglo-Saxon ……続きを見る

In this issue: Warriors and Warfare of the Han Dynasty (part two) Chun L. Wang, Four Centuries of Italian Armours (12th-15th century) (part two) Mario Venturi, The Venetian Army and Navy in the……続きを見る

In questo numero: Guerre e Soldati della Dinastia Han (parte II) Chun L. Wang, Quattro Secoli di Armature Italiane (XII – XV secolo)(parte II) Mario Venturi, L’Esercito e la Marina di Venezia n……続きを見る

Der fast 70 Meter lange Teppich von Bayeux, der noch im 11. Jahrhundert entstand, ist wohl die berühmteste Bildergeschichte der Welt; darin eingewoben sind die dramatischen Begebenheiten des Jahres ……続きを見る

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated in July 1099, when thousands of western European knights liberated Jerusalem from the rising menace……続きを見る

Aleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Until recently it enjoyed a thriving urban lifeーin particular an active traditional suq, whose origins can be t……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

The Low Countries -- an area roughly embracing the present-day Netherlands and Belgium -- formed a patchwork of varied economic and social development in the Middle Ages, with some regions displayin……続きを見る

*Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, History Today and the Sunday Telegraph* ‘Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.’ The Times ‘Genuinely hard to put down.’ BBC History Magazine……続きを見る

Robert Palmer’s pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing the mechanisms by which the law adapted ……続きを見る

Positioned at the crossroads of the maritime routes linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Yemeni port of Aden grew to be one of the medieval world’s greatest commercial hubs. Appro……続きを見る

In the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left t……続きを見る

Drawing on the extensive and underused body of legal records on marriage that exist in Europe’s ecclesiastical and secular archives, Marriage in Europe, 1400–1800 examines the institution not just a……続きを見る

The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales publishes the proceedings of a conference held in 2007, a year that marked the seventh centenary of the death of King Edward I, which set out to review r……続きを見る

The mosques of the Djebel Nafūsa, little known and under threat, personify the continuity of traditions and faith of the Ibadites, who have retained their grip over the centuries on this rugged land……続きを見る

Extrait : "Comme l'empire, fait par Jules César, constitue une longue période qui aboutit à une catastrophe inouïe, la domination des barbares, c'est à l'origine qu'il faut l'examiner, et dans le ca……続きを見る

This book examines the power held by the French medieval queens during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and their larger roles within the kingdom at a time when women were excluded from succes……続きを見る

Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former cap……続きを見る

This book illuminates the connections and interaction among women and between women and men during the medieval period. To do this, Kathryn L. Reyerson focuses specifically on the experiences of Agn……続きを見る