History
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Knights: Chivalry and Violence [Paperback]
John Sadler and Rosie Serdiville
£7.99ISBN: 9781612005171
Published by : Casemate UK
Series: Casemate Short History
Originally warriors mounted on horseback, knights became associated with the concept of chivalry as it was popularised in medieval European literature. Knights were expected to fight bravely and honourably and be loyal to their lord until death if... .... Learn More -
The Body Broken: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1300-1525 [Hardback]
Charles F. Briggs (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9781138842274
Published by : Routledge
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The Body Broken offers a thematic survey of Europe in the late Middle Ages, a period of huge crisis, conflict and religious change, including the Black Death, the Reformation, the Peasants Revolt and the Renaissance. This new edition includes a di... .... Learn More -
The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the 15th Century [Hardback]
Liviu Pilat (Author); Ovidiu Cristea (Author)
£174.00ISBN: 9789004278851
Published by : Brill
In The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the Fifteenth Century Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea focus on less-known aspects of the later crusades in Eastern Europe, examining the ideals of holy war and politica... .... Learn More -
The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order [Hardback]
Jochen Burgtorf (Editor); Shlomo Lotan (Editor); Enric Mallorqui-Ruscalleda (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9781138650626
Published by : Routledge
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order, offers a wide range of perspectives on this community's emergence, establishment and lasting resonance. The book includes an introductory essay that sketches out the history o... .... Learn More -
Eyewitness and Crusade Narrative: Perception and Narration in Accounts of the Second, Third and Fourth Crusades [Hardback]
Marcus Bull (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783273355
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Crusading in Context
Volume: v. 1
Not yet published - available for pre-order
"Eyewitness" is a familiar label that historians apply to numerous pieces of evidence. It carries compelling connotations of trustworthiness and particular proximity to the lived experience of historical actors. But it is a surprisingly ... .... Learn More -
Associative Political Culture in the Holy Roman Empire: Upper Germany, 1346-1521 [Hardback]
Duncan Hardy (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780198827252
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Not yet published - available for pre-order
What was the Holy Roman Empire in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries? At the turning point between the medieval and early modern periods, this vast Central European polity was the continent's most politically fragmented. The imperial monarchs w... .... Learn More -
Baldwin I: First Crusader, Count of Edessa (1097-1100) and King of Jerusalem (1100-1118) [Hardback]
Susan Edgington (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9781472433565
Published by : Routledge
Series: Rulers of the Latin East
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Baldwin I became ruler of Jerusalem in July 1100, one year after the city was captured by the First Crusade and following the death of its first ruler, Godfrey of Bouillon. Godfrey's tenure had been too short to establish Latin rule on a sound bas... .... Learn More -
Capetian France 987-1328 [Hardback]
Elizabeth Hallam (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9781138887671
Published by : Routledge
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Spanning France's development across four centuries, Capetian France is a definitive book. This third edition has been expanded to include more on culture and society and is now accompanied with online resources, including links to images and prim... .... Learn More -
Capetian France 987-1328 [Paperback]
Elizabeth Hallam (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781138887688
Published by : Routledge
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Spanning France's development across four centuries, Capetian France is a definitive book. This third edition has been expanded to include more on culture and society and is now accompanied with online resources, including links to images and prim... .... Learn More -
Perceptions of the Crusades in the 19th and 20th Centuries [Hardback]
Jonathan Phillips (Editor); Mike Horswell (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781138066014
Published by : Routledge
Series: Engaging the Crusades
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Perceptions of the Crusades from the Ninetenth to the Twenty-First Century explores the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries, including the varying uses of crusading rhetoric and imagery in both the East and West. It... .... Learn More
