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 -
Sicily: Heritage of the World [Paperback]
Dirk Booms (Editor); Peter John Higgs (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592227
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 222
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The island of Sicily is at the heart of the Mediterranean and from ancient times to the present day it has been a hub of migration and settlement. Following on from the British Museum’s critically acclaimed 2016 exhibition Sicily: culture and conq... .... Learn More -
Lombard Legacy: Cultural Strategies and the Visual Arts in Early Medieval Italy [Hardback]
John Mitchell (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597346
Published by : Pindar Press
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Using the great south-Italian monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the best preserved monasteries of the earliest Middle Ages, as a case-study and heuristic paradigm, John Mitchell has engaged in a wide-ranging examination of the ways in ... .... Learn More -
Pier Candido Decembrio: Lives of the Milanese Tyrants [Hardback]
Gary Ianziti (Editor); Massimo Zaggia (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9780674987524
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Lives of the Milanese Tyrants brings together two biographies by the most important Milanese humanist of the early fifteenth century. Pier Candido Decembrio (1399-1477) served as secretary and envoy to the bizarre and powerful Filippo Maria Viscon... .... Learn More -
The Body Broken: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1300-1525 [Hardback]
Charles F. Briggs (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9781138842274
Published by : Routledge
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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)
£175.00ISBN: 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 -
Government, War and Society in Medieval Ireland: Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon [Paperback]
Peter Crooks (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9781846827334
Published by : Four Courts Press
Series: Trinity Medieval Ireland
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In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with implications that resonate to the present day. How are we to interpret this formative ... .... 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
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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
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"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
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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
