History
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Empty Bottles of Gentilism [Hardback]
Francis Oakley (Author)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780300155389
Published by : Yale University Press
This, the first of a trilogy which will examine the part played by the Middle Ages in the development of modern political thought, examines the Classical inheritance and early medieval theories of kingship and regal sacrality. Oakley argues tha... .... Learn More -
Divorce of Lothar II [Hardback]
K. Heidecker (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
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ISBN: 9780801439292
Published by : Cornell University Press
The Divorce of Lothar II illuminates the origin and development of Western notions of marriage and divorce and the separation of church and state in the context of a notorious royal divorce in late Carolingian Europe. In 857, Lothar II, king of Lo... .... Learn More -
Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880-1010 [Hardback]
Jonathan Jarrett (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
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ISBN: 9780861933099
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
A frontier both between Christianity and Islam and between Francia and the Iberian Peninsula, the region that later became Catalonia was at the heart of the demographic and cultural expansion of the Carolingian empire between the ninth and twel... .... Learn More -
Landscape With Two Saints [Hardback]
Lisa M. Bitel (Author)
Regular Price: £31.49
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ISBN: 9780195336528
Published by : Oxford University Press
This intriguing book examines the multifaceted careers and cults of two fifth and sixth century saints, described by Bitel as "peripatetic, influential women responsible for building prestigious churches". Both saints had a pivotal role in the ... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxons and the North [Hardback]
Matti Kilipio (Editor); Leena Kahlas-Tarkka (Editor)
Regular Price: £39.00
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ISBN: 9780866984126
Published by : Medieval and Renaissance Texts Society
Anglo-Saxons and the North is a wide-ranging collection of essays by acknowledged experts in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies. In his reassessment of the Rök Stone, Harris reveals close links between Scandinavia and Western Europe, and Frisia in p... .... Learn More -
Venetian Butrint [Paperback]
A. Crowson (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9780953555642
Published by : Butrint Foundation
In 1386 Butrint, together with the island of Corfu, was purchased by the Republic of Venice as part of the all-important trade routes through the Adriatic. This splendidly illustrated book investigates one of the most fascinating aspects of Eur... .... Learn More -
The Name of the Saint [Hardback]
Felice Lifshitz (Author)
Regular Price: £41.50
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ISBN: 9780268033750
Published by : Notre Dame University Press
This book presents a detailed examination of the reception and recopying of the (apocryphal) Martyrology of Saint Jerome in the Early Middle Ages. The Martyrology comprises a calendrically organised list of names of saints, and offers a rahter dif... .... Learn More -
Shifting Landmarks: Property, Proof, and Dispute in Catalonia around the Year 1000 [Hardback]
Jeffrey A. Bowman (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
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ISBN: 9780801439902
Published by : Cornell University Press
This investigation of squabbles and disputes over property during the 10th and 11th centuries is based on an in-depth analysis of records from Narbonne, an area comprising Catalonia and parts of southern France. Focusing on specific case studie... .... Learn More -
A Concordance to Biblical Gothic [Paperback]
Magnus Snaedal (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789979546870
Published by : Iceland University Press
Includes all Gothic texts in Biblical Gothic, and the Gothic calendar and the Deeds from Naples and Arezzo. Complete with Introduction, Texts and Concordance. .... Learn More -
A Celtic Florilegium7: Studies in Memory of Brendan O Hehir [Hardback]
Kathryn Klar (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780964244634
Published by : Celtic Studies Publications
Series: Celtic Studies Publications
Volume: 2
Nineteen papers on early medieval Irish and Welsh texts. Contents include: St Patrick in Cornwall? The origin and transmission of Vita Tertia S. Patricii ( David Dumville ); Re-reading Dafydd ap Gwilym ( Patrick Ford ); The spoils of Annwn: Ta... .... Learn More
