Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byza...
5,970円 Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the passive and unambitious husband of Princess Anna Komnene (author of the Alexiad), Bryennios is reveale...
The Norman Conquest
9,285円 The Norman Conquest was one of the most significant events in European history. Over forty years from 1066, England was traumatised and transformed. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was eliminated, foreign elites took control of Church and State, and England's entire political, social and cultural or...
Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in ...
6,633円 Craig Taylor's study examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453). Faced by stunning military disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial...
A Source Book for Mediaeval History
661円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Section I. The Germans and the Empire to 1073 Section II. The Papacy to the Accession of Gregory VII, 1073 Section III. The Struggle between the Empire and the Papacy, 1073–1250 Section IV. The Empire, 1250–1500 Secti...
Medieval History For Dummies
2,168円 Rattle through 1000 years of horrible history, from the fifth century to the sixteenth century Famine, plague and public execution – the medieval period wasn't the best time for some, but heroic rulers like Charlemagne, William the Conqueror and Henry V made sure that it was full of action. Brimm...
A Social History of Disability in the Mid...
11,109円 What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf, mute and blind people, those nowadays collectively called "disabled." Although the word di...
The History of Chivalry
605円 The History of Chivalry by G.P.R. James describes the manners and customs , the political landscape during the time of the Crusades and the ultimate destruction of the Order of the Knights Templar. In it the author describes Chivalry as "a military institution, prompted by enthusiastic benevolenc...
Four Queens
1,088円 For fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser, acclaimed author Nancy Goldstone’s thrilling history of the royal daughters who succeeded in rulingーand shapingーthirteenth-century Europe Set against the backdrop of the thirteenth century, a time of chivalry and crusades, troubadors, knights and mona...
Works of Philip Wharton
599円 3 works of Philip Wharton Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic (1698-1731) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Philip Wharton. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Beaux and Belles of ...
Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear
3,708円 This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321. During this time the crown tried to force churchmen to accept policies many considered inconsistent with ecclesiastical freedom and trad...
The Chronicles of the Fourth Crusade and ...
164円 Geoffrey de Villehardouin (1160 c. 1212) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. The Fourth Crusade was initiated in 1202 by Pope Innocent III, with the intention of invading the Holy Land through Egypt. He is considered one of the most important histor...
The Ecclesiastical History of the English...
1,267円 The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede's most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, in which Bede examines the Roman Empire and contempora...
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