Eleanor of Aquitaine

queen of France queen of England

"Eleanor's remarkable career is done full justice in this life, which is readable, lively, and convincing. It provides insights into many aspects of the twelfth century as well as a radically new assessment of the queen herself. Many myths are exploded, and a thoroughly ...

The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 5

part one: the sung dynasty and its precursors, 907-1279

Edited by Denis Twitchett and Paul Jakov Smith. This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty (960#1279) and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the T#ang Dynasty in 907 to the ...

Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time

John of Rupescissa in the Late Middle Age

In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Deemed insane by the Christian church, Rupescissa had spent more than a decade confined to prisons& mdash;in ...

Vie du Pape Léon IX

(Brunon, évêque de Toul)

Texte présenté et édité sous la direction de Michel Parisse; Avec une traduction de Monique Goullet. Brunon, évêque de Toul depuis 1026/1027, devint pape sous le nom de Léon IX (1049-1054). Désigné au siège romain par l'empereur réformateur Henri III, il combattit ardemment ...

Legal practice and the written word in the Early Middle Ages

Frankish Formulae, c. 500-1000

Legal formularies are books of model legal documents compiled by early medieval scribes for their own use and that of their pupils. A major source for the history of early medieval Europe, they document social relations beyond the narrow world of the political elite. Formularies ...

Defenders of the faith

Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the battle for Europe, 1520- 1536

A bestselling historian recounts sixteen years that shook the world# the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna In the bestselling Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., limned ...

A Corte dos primeiros reis de Portugal

Alfonso Henriques, Sancho I y Alfonso II

A obra que se apresenta pretende ser um contributo relativamente ao tempo dos três primeiros reis de Portugal. Procurou-se que resultasse a vários níveis, tendo em atenção quer o carácter e o âmbito do tema, quer, ainda, o da própria colecção em que se insere ...

Ceremonial de la coronación, unción y exequias de los reyes de Inglaterra

Contiene: Edición facsimilar y estudiso complementarios.

History and politics in late carolingian and ottonian Europe

the 'chronicle' of Regino of Prüm and Adalbert of Magdeburg

Translated and annotated by Simon MacLean. Abbot Regino of Prüm (d.915) was the last great historian of the Carolingian Empire, which spanned around a million square kilometres of continental western Europe during the eighth and ninth centuries. His Chronicle is the essential account of ...

The Tudor Queens of England

From Elizabeth of York # wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch # through to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last in the line, this book explores some of the most colourful and dramatic women in British history. Queen consorts were central to the Royal ...

The female mystic

great women thinkers of the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages saw a flourishing of mysticism that was astonishing for its richness and distinctiveness. The medieval period was unlike any other period of Christianity in producing people who frequently claimed visions of Christ and Mary, uttered prophecies, gave voice to ecstatic experiences, recited ...

From Florence to the Mediterranean and beyond

essays in honour of Anthony Molho

Edited by Diogo Ramada Curto... [et al.] Omaggio alla carriera e all'opera di Anthony Molho, questi due volumi offrono nuove prospettive su un ampio spettro di dibatti riguardanti la storia di Firenze, della Toscana, dell'Europa e del Mediterraneo. Toccano temi che vanno da ...

Paris in the middle ages

Paris in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from the encompassing wall, it was Europe's largest, most cosmopolitan city. Simone Roux chronicles the lives of Parisians over the course of a dozen generations as ...

Alimentar la ciudad en la Edad Media

Nájera, Encuentros Internacionales del Medievo, del 22 al 25 de julio de 2008

Eds., Beatriz Arízaga Bolumburu, Jesús Á. Solórzano Telechea. Se analizan los recursos alimenticios de las ciudades, las formas de abastecimiento urbano, la dieta alimenticia, los usos sociales y políticos de la alimentación, el lenguaje y las costumbres alimenticias como expresión de comunicación cultural.

La Edad Media

siglos V-XII

Este manual abarca el extenso período de casi diez siglos que media entre el inicio y final del mismo, siglo V al XII. Incide en la idea de explicar Europa occidental comprendiendo el continente asiático y el norte de África.

Genghis Khan and mongol rule

Spawning an empire ranging from Persia to China, Genghis Khan united a nomadic warrior culture that had lived with their agrarian neighbors through controlled and limited extortion. This accessible book provides an introduction to the history and culture of the Steppe people from which Genghis ...

Daily life in the Mongol Empire

"[W]ell-written, accurate, and engagingly informative." #Canadian Journal of History #[A] general history book that uses primary source material throughout. It introduces students to the importance of primary sources and stresses how these early texts provide the evidence and foundations for all the words, ideas ...

Genghis Khan

En el siglo XIII un gran hombre dirigió unas tribus de jinetes nómadas de las estepas de Asia Central, conquistó casi la mitad del mundo conocido y creó el mayor imperio de la historia, el Imperio Mongol, que llegó a extenderse desde China por el ...

Orientalism and Islam

european thinkers on oriental despotism in the Middle East and India

Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient. The book also criticizes the misconception that the Orient was the constant victim of Western imperialism and the view that Westerners ...

The Teutonic knights in the Holy Land

1190-1291

The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 to provide medical care for crusaders in the kingdom of Jerusalem. In time, it assumed a military role and played an important part in the defence of the Christian territories in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the Baltic ...