The Capetians

kings of France 987-1314

Following the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987 the French lords chose Hugh Capet as their king. He was the founder of a dynasty that lasted until 1328. Although for much of this time, the French kings were weak, and the kingdom of France ...

Privacy and solicitude in the Middle Ages

The lord in his hall, the monk in his cloister: we often think of medieval people as living most of their lives in the constant company of others. But there was always another middle ages, characterised by the hermit's solitude as well as by ...

Europa in costruzione

la forza delle identità, la ricerca di unità (secoli IX-XIII)

"Quali le radici dell'Europa?". Stiamo parlando dei secoli - tra il IX e il XIII - dominati da migrazioni e invasioni di popoli, da incroci incessanti di etnie, di culture, di religioni che possono dare l'impressione del caos, del disordine sommo, dell'anarchia. Nel 1945 ...

Romans de Chevalerie du Moyen Âge Grec

Parmi les #uvres de fiction qu#a produites la littérature européenne au Moyen Âge, les romans grecs écrits en langue vulgaire et en vers de quinze syllabes sont restés voués à une regrettable obscurité, faute de traductions en français et dans la plupart des langues ...

Living together, living apart

rethinking jewish-christian relations in the Middle Ages

This book challenges the standard conception of the Middle Ages as a time of persecution for Jews. Jonathan Elukin traces the experience of Jews in Europe from late antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation, revealing how the pluralism of medieval society allowed Jews to feel ...

Medieval dress and fashion

Illuminated manuscripts are widely regarded as beautiful works of art in their own right, but if examined closely, they also reveal a wealth of information about the people depicted within them. Often these images are taken at face value, and assumed to depict everyday clothing ...

Mercado inmobiliario y paisajes urbanos en el Occidente Europeo (siglos XI-XV)

XXXIII Semana de Estudios Medievales, Estella, 17 a 21 de julio de 2006

Actas de la XXXIII Semana de Estudios Medievales de Estella, celebradas en julio de 2006, que reúne las comunicaciones presentadas por diferentes especialistas en el estudio de la ciudad bajomedieval. Pretende cubrir, así mismo, un vacío en la historiografía actual, ya que en torno al ...

The wreck of Catalonia

Civil War in the fifteenth century

This is the story of the disaster which befell Catalonia in the fifteenth century. It was a society already destablised by rural and urban conflict. There was unrest among a peasantry resentful of outdated burdens; merchants and artisans were struggling to wrest control of the ...

An introduction to Early Medieval Wester Europe, 300-900

the sword, the plough and the book

Studying the period of European history, 300-900 AD, this comprehensive textbook is the first to combine the last twenty-five years of research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. It is unique in combining an account of the historical background of the period with discussion ...

Realities of representation

state building in Early Modern Europe and europeam America

This book presents an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including Cortes ...

The Atlantic world

a history, 1400-1888

Before the voyage of Columbus in 1492, the Atlantic Ocean stood as a barrier to contact between the people (and their ideas and institutions), plants, animals, and microbes of Eurasia and Africa on the one hand and the Americas on the other. Following Columbus' voyage ...

Compass of society

commerce and absolutism in Old-Regime france

Compass of Society rethinks the French social journey to a conception of "commercial society" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Henry C. Clark finds that the development of market liberalism, far from being a narrow and abstract ideological episode, was part of a broad- gauged ...

Leonor de Aquitania

una figura de leyenda en la época de las cruzadas y los trovadores

Leonor de Aquitania (1122-1204) tiene veintinueve años y está casada con el rey de Francia cuando conoce a Enrique Plantagenet, el hijo del conde de Anjou, diez años más joven que ella. Su encuentro es un auténtico flechazo. La reina pronto consigue la nulidad de ...

La ciudad medieval y su influencia territorial

Nájera. Encuentros Internacionales del Medievo 2006

Nájera, encuentros internacionales del medievo proponen analizar el fenómeno urbano medieval en términos de territorialidad y su evolución en el Medievo. La aparición de la ciudad medieval y la creación de una red urbana se tradujeron en unas formas de influencia o centralización del territorio ...

Viajes y viajeros en la Europa medieval

A lo largo de las páginas de este libro hemos intentado situar, en primera instancia, los condicionantes técnicos que, en forma de conocimientos geográficos, fueron posibilitando el interés expansivo de los diferentes grupos humanos en la sociedad occidental durante la Edad Media.

Guía de Constantinopla

un viaje a Estambul en busca de Bizancio

Surgió la idea de este texto que procuramos ilustrar con el mayor número posible de fotografías y dibujos que pudimos hacer en aquellos recorridos y "hallazgos" llenos de ilusión. Creímos necesario añadir croquis y pequeños planos de manzanas y áreas que los callejeros habituales no ...

La vida cotidiana de los monjes de la Edad Media

El fenómeno del monacato, heredero de las aspiraciones filosóficas de ascetas y estoicos, surge entre los siglos III y IV en el Mediterráneo oriental, con el fin del Imperio Romano.

Compass of society

commerce and absolutism in Old-Regime france

Compass of Society rethinks the French social journey to a conception of "commercial society" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Henry C. Clark finds that the development of market liberalism, far from being a narrow and abstract ideological episode, was part of a broad- gauged ...

The byzantine economy

A concise study of the economy of the Byzantine Empire, a state that lasted from the fourth century AD until 1453. Organised chronologically, the authors address key themes such as demography, agriculture, manufacturing and the urban economy, trade, monetary developments, and the role of the ...

Medieval clothing and textiles. Volume 3

The third volume of this pioneering series explores the manufacture and trade of textiles and their practical, fashionable, and symbolic uses. The papers include in- depth studies and cross-genre scholarship representing such fields as social history, economics, art history, archaeology and literature, as well as ...