History

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781592110285
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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The fifteenth century Romanian Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. Already during his own lifetime, his true story became obscured by a veil of myths. As a resu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110100
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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Dracula – the fifteenth century Romanian prince, also known as Vlad the Impaler [Țepeș], is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. Even during his own lifetime, his true story became obscured behind a veil of myths. As a re... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781592110049
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
One of the greatest leaders in Romanian history, Mircea the Old comes to life in this new book. Although his grandson, Vlad the Impaler, has acquired much greater international fame, Mircea the Old was the most significant ruler to sit on the thro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597346
Published by : Pindar Press
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

ISBN: 9780812250770
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
Series: The Middle Ages Series
Countess Marie of Champagne is primarily known today as the daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine and as a literary patron of Chretien de Troyes. In this engaging biography, Theodore Evergates offers a more rounded view of Marie... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004372467
Published by : Brill
Series: Reading Medieval Sources
Volume: 1
Reading Medieval Sources is an exciting new series which leads scholars and students into some of the most challenging and rewarding sources from the European Middle Ages, and introduces the most important approaches to understanding them. Written... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781784383572
Published by : Greenhill Books
The Battle of Grunwald was one of the largest battles in Medieval Europe and was the most important in the histories of Poland and Lithuania. It was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish-Lithuania-Teutonic War between the alliance of the Kingd... .... Learn More