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Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg,
"A fascinating and very original book, based on an enormous amount of primary research. Freed is a leading authority on the ministerials of the Holy Roman Empire, who kept their...
The Unorthodox Imagination in Late Medieval Britain
The unorthodox imagination in late medieval Britain explores how medieval people responded to images, stories, beliefs and practices which were at odds with the normative world view, from the heretical...
Sleepwalking into a New World: The Emergence of Italian City Communes
Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective government--the commune--arose in the cities of northern and central Italy. Sleepwalking...
Brilliant Discourse: Pictures and Readers in Early Modern Rome
Sixteenth-century Roman presses turned out hundreds of technical treatises and learned discourses written in the vernacular. Covering topics as diverse as the cultivation of silkworms, the lives of the saints,...
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China
Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in...
A Tale Unasked
A new translation of Lady Nijo's diary - one of classical Japan's greatest literary works Lady Nijo's A Tale Unasked (Towazugatari) is the last, and arguably the finest, among classical...
Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China,
How the social organisation of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millennium. In the eleventh century, when Europe was still backward and poor,...
The Secret of Saint Olaf's Church: An Apothecary Melchior Mystery
At the dawn of the fifteenth century, Tallinn stands on the edge of Christendom. Merchants, monks, knights and pirates all struggle for control of the wealthy city. When the brutally...
The Normans in the South, 1016-1130: The Normans in Sicily Volume I
Chronicling the 'other Norman invasion', The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer...
Survivors in Mexico
West's narrative takes on all of Mexican history, from the conquest by Spain and the Mexican Revolution, to the muralist movement, and explores the inner lives of such figures as...
Victory City
The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning,...
Aztecs (2nd Edition) App
A portrait of a fascinating, complex civilization. Beginning with the story of the Spanish conquest, the text then charts the rise of the Aztecs from humble nomads to empire builders....
The Short Knife
Winner of the Tir na n-Og Award Shortlisted for the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal It is the year 454AD. The Roman Empire has withdrawn...
Henry I: King of England and Duke of Normandy
This first comprehensive biography of Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror and an elusive figure for historians, offers a rich and compelling account of his tumultuous life...
Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land
A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was witness...
Immortal Murder (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 25): A ghoulish game of
The twenty-fifth enthralling Hugh Corbett medieval mystery from Paul Doherty, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell. January 1313. As London is gripped by...
The Lost King: The Search for Richard III
Previously published as The King's Grave. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SALLY HAWKINS AND STEVE COOGAN. The official inside story of the discovery of history's most controversial monarch. On...
Medieval Europe
A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire...
Lordship, Reform, and the Development of Civil Society in Medieval
In his examination of the bishopric of Orvieto from 1100 to 1250, David Foote reveals how three defining developments of the High Middle Ages-the feudal revolution, ecclesiastical reform, and state...
Banners of Hell: Hugh Corbett 24
Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . . Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to...
Fighting for the Faith: the Many Fronts of Crusade and Jihad
Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be...
English Collusion and the Norman Conquest
The reality of war, in any period, is its totality. Warfare affects everyone in a society. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive analysis of eleventh century warfare as...
Bright I Burn
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024 A BBC BEST BOOK OF 2024 In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. When a young Alice...
Navigators: Knights and Castles
Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels...
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain The Knights Templar have an...
From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: The Reawakening of Mongol Asia
An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by...
Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots
Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) famously defeated the English at Bannockburn and became the hero king responsible for Scottish independence. In this fascinating new biography of the renowned warrior, Michael Penman...
William the Conqueror
A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror-a pivotal figure in British and European history "[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion...
The Crusader States
The only full account of life and culture in the twelfth-century crusader states, where religious battles raged and civilizations collided When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from...
Samurai Assassin (Time Hunters, Book 8)
Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history's mightiest warriors. The eighth book in an action-packed, time-travelling series - perfect for fans of Beast Quest. Join...
Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272
"There are few historians working today who know so much and write so well. Taken together, the two volumes of Henry III . . . set a gold standard for...
Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy Land
A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was witness...
Henry V: The Conscience of a King
More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects' welfare Shakespeare's centuries-old...
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain The Knights Templar have an...
From the Material to the Mystical in Late Medieval Piety: The
The German mystic Gertrude the Great of Helfta (c.1256-1301) is a globally venerated saint who is still central to the Sacred Heart Devotion. Her visions were first recorded in Latin,...
Monastic Women and Religious Orders in Late Medieval Bologna
Sherri Franks Johnson explores the roles of religious women in the changing ecclesiastical and civic structure of late medieval Bologna, demonstrating how convents negotiated a place in their urban context...
The Black Prince and the Capture of a King: Poitiers 1356
A new detailed account of the battle of Poitiers in 1356 which saw one of the most sensational episodes of the Hundred Years War: the capture of the French King...
The Traveling Artist in the Italian Renaissance: Geography, Mobility,
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This important and innovative book examines artists' mobility as a critical aspect of Italian Renaissance art. It is well known that many eminent artists such as Cimabue, Giotto, Donatello, Lotto,...
The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction
The popular image of the traditional western city has usually been dominated by the cathedral, whose sheer size seemed to create an isolated physical and spiritual focal point. In this...
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
From the author of She-Wolves, the epic story of a rivalry that brought the nation to the brink of disaster - and back again Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke...
Display of Art in Roman Palace, 1550-1750
This book explores the principles of the display of art in the magnificent Roman palaces of the early modern period, focusing attention on how the parts function to convey multiple...
Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval "Hindu-Muslim"
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Offers an approach to the entanglements of medieval elites in the regions that comprise Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north India. This book - which ranges in time from the early eighth...
Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France: The Business of
Late medieval church courts frequently excommunicated debtors at the request of their creditors. Tyler Lange analyzes over 11,000 excommunications between 1380 and 1530 in order to explore the forms, rhythms,...
James II: A Study in Kingship
The book titled James II: A Study in Kingship by the author This historical biography of a king renowned for his humourlessness and religious fervour concentrates on political, diplomatic and...
The House of Gold: Building a Palace in Medieval Venice
In 1406 a young Venetian nobleman, Marin Contarini, married into another ancient patrician clan. His wife's family owned an old palace on the Grand Canal. Contarini demolished the old palace...
House Of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilisation Across the American
The greatest 'unsolved mystery' of the American Southwest relates to the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the 11th century converged on Chaco Canyon (now New Mexico) and built a...
The Year 1000: An Englishman's Year
THE YEAR 1000 is a vivid evocation of how English people lived a thousand years ago - no spinach, sugar or Caesarean operations in which the mother had any chance...
Bosch: The 5th Centenary Exhibition
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The Museum houses the largest known collection of works by Jheronimus Bosch. Among its holdings are The Adoration of the Magi and The Garden of Earthly Delights triptychs, as well...