El vibrante relato de las guerras que marcaron el destino de Occidente. «Emprended el camino para obtener la remisión de vuestros pecados, seguros en la indestructible gloria del Sagrado Reino». Estas fueron las célebres palabras que dieron inicio a uno de los acontecimientos más importantes ...
El vibrante relato de las guerras que marcaron el destino de Occidente. «Emprended el camino para obtener la remisión de vuestros pecados, seguros en la indestructible gloria del Sagrado Reino». Estas fueron las célebres palabras que dieron inicio a uno de los acontecimientos más importantes ...
PUF. Presses Universitaires de France . Paris, 2023
Le monachisme, manière de vivre l'ascétisme chrétien, est apparu dans la seconde moitié du IIIe siècle dans la partie orientale de l'empire romain. Véritablement institutionnalisé à partir du IVe siècle, il n'a pas cessé de former jusqu'aujourd'hui une composante essentielle ...
PUF. Presses Universitaires de France . Paris, 2023
Le monachisme, manière de vivre l'ascétisme chrétien, est apparu dans la seconde moitié du IIIe siècle dans la partie orientale de l'empire romain. Véritablement institutionnalisé à partir du IVe siècle, il n'a pas cessé de former jusqu'aujourd'hui une composante essentielle ...
Dernier ouvrage de l'un des plus grands historiens de l'époque médiévale, Le Bourgeois de Paris au Moyen Age revient sur les hommes qui, au côté du roi, ont fait de Paris la première ville d'Europe. Sous la plume de Jean Favier, détails ...
Dernier ouvrage de l'un des plus grands historiens de l'époque médiévale, Le Bourgeois de Paris au Moyen Age revient sur les hommes qui, au côté du roi, ont fait de Paris la première ville d'Europe. Sous la plume de Jean Favier, détails ...
Persona y mundo en la Edad Media estudia algunos aspectos culturales del Occidente europeo medieval. Son asuntos amplios por su duración y porque combinan elementos de diversa procedencia, lo que permite aproximarse mejor a las maneras de comprender la realidad del hombre y del mundo ...
Persona y mundo en la Edad Media estudia algunos aspectos culturales del Occidente europeo medieval. Son asuntos amplios por su duración y porque combinan elementos de diversa procedencia, lo que permite aproximarse mejor a las maneras de comprender la realidad del hombre y del mundo ...
Una nueva historia de la Edad Media a través de su higiene La Edad Media suele imaginarse como una época oscura y de olor fétido, habitada por bárbaros que no se lavaban y cristianos que rechazaban el baño por considerarlo una decadente incitación a la ...
Una nueva historia de la Edad Media a través de su higiene La Edad Media suele imaginarse como una época oscura y de olor fétido, habitada por bárbaros que no se lavaban y cristianos que rechazaban el baño por considerarlo una decadente incitación a la ...
The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artefact, and the broader meaning and significance it ...
The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artefact, and the broader meaning and significance it ...
From the nineteenth century onwards, historians described the Middle Ages as the "cradle" of the nation state—then, after World War II, they increasingly identified the period as the "cradle" of Europe. A close look at the sources demonstrates that both interpretations are misleading: while ...
From the nineteenth century onwards, historians described the Middle Ages as the "cradle" of the nation state—then, after World War II, they increasingly identified the period as the "cradle" of Europe. A close look at the sources demonstrates that both interpretations are misleading: while ...
Through a focused and systematic examination of medieval theologians, philosophers, and jurists, Andrew Latham explores how ideas about supreme political authority-sovereignty-first emerged during the high medieval period. The author provides a new model for understanding the concept of sovereignty, and traces its roots, not to ...
Through a focused and systematic examination of medieval theologians, philosophers, and jurists, Andrew Latham explores how ideas about supreme political authority-sovereignty-first emerged during the high medieval period. The author provides a new model for understanding the concept of sovereignty, and traces its roots, not to ...
Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation. Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one or more Mediterranean prototypes, they ...
Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation. Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one or more Mediterranean prototypes, they ...
A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary ...
A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary ...
The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artefact, and the broader meaning and significance it ...
The sword is an important and multi-faceted symbol of military power, royal and communal authority, religion and mysticism. This study takes the sword beyond its functional role as a tool for killing, considering it as a cultural artefact, and the broader meaning and significance it ...
The first biography of Henry VIII's court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age
At last Peter Andersson’s Fool puts Somer centre-stage and sifts the evidence for the real man behind the myths ...
The first biography of Henry VIII's court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age
At last Peter Andersson’s Fool puts Somer centre-stage and sifts the evidence for the real man behind the myths ...
Wide-ranging examination of women's achievements in and influence on many aspects of medieval culture. Medieval women were normally denied access to public educational institutions, and so also denied the gateways to most leadership positions. Modern scholars have therefore tended to study learned medieval women ...
Wide-ranging examination of women's achievements in and influence on many aspects of medieval culture. Medieval women were normally denied access to public educational institutions, and so also denied the gateways to most leadership positions. Modern scholars have therefore tended to study learned medieval women ...
Why does medieval Rome look so, for lack of a better word, Byzantine? Why do its monuments speak an aesthetic of the medieval East? And just how do we quantify that Byzantine aesthetic or even the word “Byzantine”? This book seeks to consider the ways ...
Why does medieval Rome look so, for lack of a better word, Byzantine? Why do its monuments speak an aesthetic of the medieval East? And just how do we quantify that Byzantine aesthetic or even the word “Byzantine”? This book seeks to consider the ways ...
A full life and times biography of Süleyman, the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Süleyman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire between 1520 and 1566, was a globally recognized figure during his lifetime. His domain extended from Hungary to Iran, and from the Crimea ...
A full life and times biography of Süleyman, the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Süleyman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire between 1520 and 1566, was a globally recognized figure during his lifetime. His domain extended from Hungary to Iran, and from the Crimea ...
The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military expedition to help ...
The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military expedition to help ...
How was violence understood and justified during the time of the crusades? This book argues that although just/holy war theory has long provided the framework for explaining crusading violence, cultural history gives us deeper insights into the meaning and conduct of medieval crusading warfare ...
How was violence understood and justified during the time of the crusades? This book argues that although just/holy war theory has long provided the framework for explaining crusading violence, cultural history gives us deeper insights into the meaning and conduct of medieval crusading warfare ...
The popular view of the Crusades is that of two zealous armies ranged against each other in a state of practically permanent warfare, lacking mutual respect, understanding, or co-operation. Scholars long ago replaced such ideas with a much more nuanced understanding, in which rulers from ...
The popular view of the Crusades is that of two zealous armies ranged against each other in a state of practically permanent warfare, lacking mutual respect, understanding, or co-operation. Scholars long ago replaced such ideas with a much more nuanced understanding, in which rulers from ...
A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusade, showing their complex relationship with the Bible. The Bible exerted an enormous influence on the crusading movement: it provided medieval Christians with language to describe holy war, spiritual models for crusaders, and justifications for ...
A new investigation into the twelfth-century accounts of the First Crusade, showing their complex relationship with the Bible. The Bible exerted an enormous influence on the crusading movement: it provided medieval Christians with language to describe holy war, spiritual models for crusaders, and justifications for ...
A study of the involvement of the Cistercian Order in the events surrounding the outbreak of heresy - particularly that of the Cathars and the resulting Albigensian Crusade - in southern France. Led by the example of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks turned their attention to the ...
A study of the involvement of the Cistercian Order in the events surrounding the outbreak of heresy - particularly that of the Cathars and the resulting Albigensian Crusade - in southern France. Led by the example of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks turned their attention to the ...
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