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: 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: 9781138144507
Published by : Routledge
Series: Medieval World
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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: 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

ISBN: 9781783273645
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Medieval Chronicles S.
Volume: v. 6
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The nine chronicles edited here are the principal surviving historical narratives of the Wars of the Roses written in English by men who lived through those wars. There are other chronicles which take a wider view, and thousands of other documents... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781472473615
Published by : Routledge
Series: Rulers of the Latin East
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When Raymond of Saint-Gilles died in the castle of Mons Peregrinorum, in what is today Lebanon, he left behind a realm that had grown from a fortress, a single town and a half share of a monastery to fourteen counties, covering much of southern Fr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781784979638
Published by : Head of Zeus
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First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780190274207
Published by : Oxford University Press
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In 1099, the soldiers of the First Crusade took Jerusalem. As the news of this victory spread throughout Medieval Europe, it felt nothing less than miraculous and dream-like, to such an extent that many believed history itself had been fundamental... .... Learn More