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ISBN: 9782503512402
Published by : Brepols
Tournaments were the classical spectator sport of the Middle Ages. Participation was reserved for knights and in time it became a jealously guarded privilege to be considered 'turnierfahig', i.e. a member of a noble family that could prove to have... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591862
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 186
The British Museum citole is a unique example of medieval craftsmanship and is one of very few surviving instruments from the Middle Ages. This new publication includes selected papers from the first international symposium on the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199680825
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Soldier in Later Medieval England is the outcome of a project which collects the names of every soldier known to have served the English Crown from 1369 to the loss of Gascony in 1453, the event which is traditionally accepted... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781782971733
Published by : Oxbow Books
Bosworth stands alongside Naseby and Hastings as one of the three most iconic battles ever fought on English soil. The action on 22 August 1485 brought to an end the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses and heralded th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843838265
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
There are plenty of books of medieval recipes on the market; this is not another, but looks at the actual person of the cook, from the professional working for the greatest lord to the humblest peasant housewife. Bridget Henisch describes the b... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597384
Published by : Pindar Press
Professor Marks has been a curator at the British Museum, Keeper of the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, and Director of the Royal Pavilion and Museums in Brighton. Subsequently he held a Personal Chair in the History of Art Departmen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780888444400
Published by : Pontifical Institute for Med Studs
Thomas Hatfield (c. 1310–81) rose to become a valued royal servant under King Edward III. In 1345 he was elected Bishop of Durham; as bishop he helped manage northern England and England’s relations with Scotland. At t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409454977
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The sixteen studies brought together in this book (the second collection of Denys Pringle's articles) are the product of the many years that the author has spent investigating the material evidence for Latin settlement in Syria an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415691703
Published by : Routledge Ltd
The Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade explores the archaeology and material culture of the crusade against the Prussian tribes in the 13th century, and the subsequent society created by the Teutonic Order which lasted into the 1... .... Learn More