Medieval 90

El gobierno de unos imperios de escala planetaria, como los que crearon españoles y portugueses a finales del siglo XV, requirió un esfuerzo titánico: conseguir que las órdenes dictadas en Lisboa y ……続きを見る

Pedro García Martín (profesor de historia en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y escritor) realiza en este libro un original análisis, mediante el diálogo entre textos e imágenes, de la historia y s……続きを見る

Al voltant dels càtars s'ha fabricat una imatge que té poc a veure amb la realitat. El mite ha crescut sense rigor històric i avui dia aquesta imatge domina la gran majoria de llibres, des de l'assa……続きを見る

Dès son enfance, la petite Madeleine Bavent mena une vie heureuse auprès de ses parents dans un village de la Normandie, au nord-est de la France. Cependant, leur mort met fin à cette vie heureuse e……続きを見る

The Historians of Angevin England is a study of the explosion of creativity in historical writing in England in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and what this tells us about the writ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le Graal et ses mystères en moins d'une heure ! Le Conte du Graal, œuvre inachevée de Chrétien de Troyes écrite à la fin du XIIe siècle, introduit dans ……続きを見る

L’histoire du Moyen-Âge s’ouvre en réalité par la victoire du christianisme et par la translation du siége impérial à Byzance ; elle finit, avec le xve siècle, à la renaissance intellectuelle de l’O……続きを見る

The general councils of the fifteenth century constituted a remarkable political experiment, which used collective decision-making to tackle important problems facing the church. Such problems had h……続きを見る

This volume is based on possibly the biggest single Europe-wide project in urban history. In 1955 the International Commission for the History of Towns established the European historic towns atlas ……続きを見る

Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western wor……続きを見る

Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindin……続きを見る

Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in terms of both sophistication and volume. A new approach has developed, marked by a higher reliance on primary do……続きを見る

A guerra a tornou Rainha da Inglaterra. O seu amor por um galês a tornou imortal. Mais conhecida como a noiva de Agincourt, de Henry V, da peça shakespeariana "Henry V," Catherine de Valois foi uma ……続きを見る

A Guerra fez a rainha da Inglaterra. Seu amor por um galês, a fez imortal. Adaptado da criativa biografia não-ficção de mesmo nome, Catherine de Valois, conta a história de uma das rainhas mais fasc……続きを見る

Die heroische Ahnin von Königin Elizabeth Tudor! Prinzessin Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd ap Cynan, geboren 1097 in Aberffraw Castle, war immer zu Höherem bestimmt. Als Tochter eines von Gwynedds größten……続きを見る

Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently,……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Poitiers, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • An……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Carlomagno, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Analizar los a……続きを見る

Seeking Sanctuary explores a curious aspect of premodern English law: the right of felons to shelter in a church or ecclesiastical precinct, remaining safe from arrest and trial in the king's courts……続きを見る

Did you know that King John didn't sign the Magna Carta? He sealed it. Did you know that the rebel barons offered the English throne to Prince Louis of France? If John hadn't died, the British Isles……続きを見る

In the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to extermination. Violence in the Middle Ages, however, functioned……続きを見る

ECONOMIST AND SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'An extraordinary book ... exceptionally fascinating, always readable and penetratingly intelligent' David Abulafia 'As rich, funny and teemingly peopl……続きを見る

Marco Polo and his book may seem to have been well served by scholars, yet the majority have been concerned to write about his travels in Asia, what he did or did not see, and how useful he is as a ……続きを見る

First published in 1988, this book traces the complex evolution of Oxford and Cambridge from the twelfth through the early sixteenth centuries. In the process, the author incorporates new research o……続きを見る

Many European towns have experienced loss of population, degradation of physical structure and profound economic change at least once since the height of the Roman Empire. This volume is an examinat……続きを見る

Contagion - even today the word conjures up fear of disease and plague and has the power to terrify. The nine essays gathered here examine what pre-modern societies thought about the spread of disea……続きを見る

Through violent incursions by the Vikings and the spread of Christianity, medieval Ireland maintained a distinctive Gaelic identity. From the sacred site of Tara to the manuscript illuminations in t……続きを見る

First published in 2000, Trade, Travel, and Exploration: An Encyclopedia covers the people, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration during t……続きを見る

First published in 2006, Key Figures in Medieval Europe, brings together in one volume the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. Gathered from the biographical ent……続きを見る

This volume represents a major contribution to the history of the Northern Crusades and the Christianization of the Baltic lands in the Middle Ages, from the beginnings of the Catholic mission to th……続きを見る