Edward IV

The reign of King Edward IV occupies a pivotal place in late medieval English history, marking the transition from a medieval to a renaissance monarchy. The personality of the young monarch was undoubtedly a factor in this transition, yet there has been much controversy over ...

Atlante storico della cultura medievale

La storia della cultura medievale, nelle sue forme espressive e con suoi principali esponenti, attraversa i suoi momenti, le sue fasi e le sue dimensioni essenziali e si intreccia con il contesto della vita politica, sociale, religiosa e artistica. Così è sorto questo Atlante Storico ...

Barbarians to angels

the dark ages reconsidered

The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it. For the next four centuries, the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only constants of life. This is the picture ...

Les empires

antiquité et Moyen Âge. Analyse comparée

L'Empire est une forme d'État qui est attestée tout au long dé l'Antiquité et du Moyen Âge, mais qui a été peu souvent étudiée en tant que telle en raison des succès rencontrés en Europe occidentale par l'État-nation. Loin de toute ...

Retratos del medievo

La Edad Media tiene rincones oscuros, como sucede con cualquier época, pero hay en ella más luces que penumbras. En el amplio marco de la historia, el Medioevo posee sobradas cualidades para salir bien parado. Una simple mirada a sus grandes creaciones -la Universidad, el ...

Manual de historia medieval

Los dos autores, José Ángel García de Cortázar y José Ángel Sesma Muñoz, catedráticos de Historia Medieval, respectivamente, en las universidades de Cantabria y Zaragoza, que, en 1997, nos ofrecieron su Historia de la Edad Media. Una síntesis interpretativa, presentan ahora su Manual de Historia ...

From Byzantium to modern Greece

medieval texts and their modern reception

The twelfth century was a time of cultural renewal and innovation in Byzantium, just as it was in the west. In literature, the long disused genres of epic, satire and the novel (or 'romance') took new forms during that century; at the same time, in ...

The art, science, and technology of medieval travel

This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers "The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel". In recent years, scholarship has increasingly emphasized the importance of travel and intercultural exchange in the Middle Ages. The notable medieval phenomena of pilgrimage and crusade obviously involved travel ...

Botones, bancos, brújulas

y otros inventos de la Edad Media

Trad., Carlos Gentile Vitale. Contiene ilustraciones. La Edad Media es recordada con demasiada frecuencia como una época oscura, llena de guerras, epidemias, superstición e ignorancia, sin embargo esta imagen responde a un prejuicio que merece ser desterrado. La Edad Media fue el período de las ...

El mundo de los Vikingos

Contiene 330 ilustraciones, 141 en color El presente libro ofrece la historia completa de los vikingos, desde sus orígenes en Escandinavia a comienzos del primer milenio después de Cristo hasta los últimos asentamientos vikingos supervivientes en la Groenlandia del siglo XV, pasando por el increíble ...

The medieval prison

a social history

The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by tracing the institution's emergence to a much earlier period beginning in the late thirteenth ...

¿Por qué Europa?

fundamentos medievales de un camino singular

Trad., Elisa Renau La ampliación de la Unión Europea plantea de nuevo la cuestión de la génesis de Europa como espacio cultural con rasgos comunes derivados de su historia. El problema del "camino singular de Europa" y de los factores que lo han condicionado ocupa ...

Warfare in the dark ages

Eds., John France and Kelly DeVries The articles in this volume explore the way in which military developments helped to sculpt, out of very strange and diverse components, our familiar Europe. The period studied covers the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of ...

Historia medieval del sexo y del erotismo

Contiene ilustraciones. Cuando se dispone a tomar Gibraltar, las fuerzas de Alfonso XI ceden. La Peste Negra hace estragos y parece ensañarse con el monarca. Parece. Acostado en su lecho, siente cómo todos a su alrededor le miran con recelo, espían todos sus movimientos. De ...

Crusader Castles in the Holy Land

an illustrated history of the crusader fortifications of the Middle East and Mediterranean

Content illustrated The bloody crusades that swept across the Middle East in medieval times left their mark on the landscape, where fortifications which once acted as bastions of power for the beleaguered Crusader States now cast their ruined shadows over the earth. These fortifications varied ...

Knight

noble warrior of England 1200-1600

Contents illustrated The traditional 'knight in shining armour' has become a staple figure in popular culture and the images of bloody battlefields, bustling feasting halls and courtly tournaments have been creatively interpreted many times in film and fiction. But what was the knight truly like ...

Good impressions

image and authority in medieval seals

There are few recent publications in English on medieval European seals, and many European matrices remain largely unpublished. The British Museum's collection of medieval seal matrices is largely unparalleled. This publication of papers by international scholars, from a conference at the Museum, presents iconographic ...

Historia de las cruzadas

Trad., Germán Bleiber Romántica aventura cristiana o última invasión de los bárbaros, movimiento animado por razones religiosas o saqueo guiado por la ambición y la codicia, la Historia de las Cruzadas contituye un acontecimiento decisivo en la Edad Media. Antes de su inicio -en el ...

Dante

storia di un visionario

"In Italia Garibaldi e Dante hanno sempre ragione: di loro non si può parlar mai male; e almeno per il primo dei due, ciò è passato in proverbio. Neppure noi qui parleremo male di Dante. Non accrediteremo però su di lui pie leggende: ciò è ...

Théologie, science et censure au XIII siécle

le cas de Jean Peckham

Ce livre aurait pu s'intituler " L'archevêque et les cadavres ". De fait, on y trouve un cadavre qui saigne devant un meurtrier, des mauvais coups, des fureurs, de funestes destins. Mais tout, ici, passe par la doctrine : la violence affecte le discours et l ...