The Black Death was more than a diseaseーit was a cataclysm that reshaped Europe forever. In Death's Dominion, Nox Lee delivers a gripping and meticulously researched account of the plague that deci……続きを見る
著者:Alice Loxton
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2025年11月13日
An extraordinary historical journey through England. From Alice Loxton, author of the acclaimed bestseller Eighteen
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2025
‘Joyous. The perfect walk through history‘……続きを見る
T. F. Tout's "The History of England" presents a comprehensive and insightful analysis of England's tumultuous past, weaving together a tapestry of political, social, and cultural narratives. Tout e……続きを見る
Si la présence de l'eau est vérifiable dans d'innombrables épisodes de récits arthuriens, elle se fait plus rare dans les gestes épiques ou dans les intrigues romanesques qui échappent au cycle d'Ar……続きを見る
“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne’s triumph and tragedy." ーTina Brown, New York Times Bo……続きを見る
Jean d’Arras’s splendid prose romance of Melusine, written for Jean de Berry, the brother of King Charles V of France, is one of the most significant and complex literary works of the later Middle A……続きを見る
In "The History of Chivalry," Charles Mills meticulously chronicles the evolution of chivalric ideals from their medieval roots to their profound impact on modern society. The narrative is character……続きを見る
In "The Sentiment of the Sword," Richard Francis Burton presents a captivating exploration of the philosophies surrounding honor, violence, and masculinity through the lens of swordsmanship and chiv……続きを見る
著者:Jonathan Wilcox
出版社: University of Toronto Press
発売日: 2023年10月06日
Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom li……続きを見る
In "The Story of Moors in Spain," Stanley Lane-Poole provides a profound exploration of the historical and cultural impact of the Moors on the Iberian Peninsula. The book employs a narrative style e……続きを見る
In "The History of Crusades," Joseph François Michaud provides an exhaustive and meticulously researched account of the medieval Crusades, spanning three comprehensive volumes. Published in the earl……続きを見る
Se trata de un libro que, desde el rigor pero con contenido gráfico y tono ameno, trata de analizar los conflictos bélicos de varios siglos de nuestra historia deteniéndose en la composición de los ……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
著者:Whitney Cox
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2016年10月31日
In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120……続きを見る
Christian theology and religious belief were crucially important to Anglo-Saxon society, and are manifest in the surviving textual, visual and material evidence. This is the first full-length study ……続きを見る
著者:Donnalee Dox
出版社: University of Michigan Press
発売日: 2009年12月18日
"Through well-informed and nuanced readings of key documents from the fourth through fourteenth centuries, this book challenges historians' long-held beliefs about how concepts of Greco-Roman theate……続きを見る
No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the centuries since, more than Richard III.
He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, t……続きを見る
"This narrative of the first half of Augustine's life conjures the intellectual and social milieu of the late Roman Empire with a Proustian relish for detail." -- New York Times
In Augustine, celebr……続きを見る
This source book offers a comprehensive treatment of solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed recluses (anchorites) and free-wandering hermits, and explor……続きを見る
The Battle of Dunnichen is significant since it marked the turning point in the history of the Picts and marked their independence from the Kingdom of Northumbria. Not only is this possibly the best……続きを見る
The conflict between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries never ceases to fascinate. This stimulating edited collection, inspired by the Problems in Focus volume originally published in……続きを見る
'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.' Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolatio……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