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: 9781606065983
Published by : Getty Trust Publications
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Illuminated manuscripts and illustrated or decorated books - like today's museums - preserve a rich array of information about how premodern peoples conceived of and perceived the world, its many cultures and everyone's place in it. Often a Euroce... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846826351
Published by : Four Courts Press
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In this volume, the proceedings of the 2nd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the invasion of Ireland by Edward, brother of King Robert Bruce of Scotland), a host of experts here explore crucial aspects of Irish–S... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199682126
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power in the entire Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aq... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846827334
Published by : Four Courts Press
Series: Trinity Medieval Ireland
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

ISBN: 9789004395732
Published by : Brill
Series: Medieval Mediterranean
Volume: 117
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Trends and Turning Points presents sixteen articles, examining the discursive construction of the late antique and Byzantine world, focusing specifically on the utilisation of trends and turning points to make stuff from the past, whether texts, m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004390164
Published by : Brill
Series: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World
Volume: 67
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This volume aims to show through various case studies how the interrelations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Iberia were negotiated in the field of images, objects and architecture during the Later Middle Ages and Early Modernity. . By loo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789540833
Published by : Head of Zeus
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Known as the 'stupor mundi' - the wonder of the world - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the Second led one of those extraordinary lives that was full of unimaginable drama and achievement. Born in 1194, Frederick was the son of emperor Henry II and C... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004380684
Published by : Brill
Series: Brill's Companions to European History
Volume: 18
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A Companion to Medieval Lubeck offers an introduction to recent scholarship on the vibrant and source-rich medieval history of Lubeck. Focusing mainly on the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, the volume positions the city of Lubeck within the broade... .... Learn More