The illusion of the Burgundian State

On 25 January 1474, Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, appeared before his subjects in Dijon. Robed in silk, gold and precious jewels and wearing a headpiece that gave the illusion of a crown, he made a speech in which he cryptically expressed his desire ...

Neighbours and strangers

local societies in early medieval Europe

This book explores social cohesion in rural settlements in western Europe from 700-1050, asking to what extent settlements, or districts, constituted units of social organisation. It focuses on the interactions, interconnections and networks of people who lived side by side - neighbours. Drawing evidence from most ...

Holy motherhood

gender, dynasty and visual culture in the later Middle ages

This study brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry, showing how images worked not only to script and maintain gender and social roles within patriarchal society but also to offer viewers ways of managing those roles. Some of ...

The expansion of Europe, 1250-1500

Later medieval Europe saw a great deal of change and expansion of different kinds. This geographically broad textbook explores these events in a series of core chapters on the different countries, covering the Holy Roman Empire, East-Central Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. It looks not only ...

The life-cycle in western Europe

c.1300-1500

The first book that synthesizes and assesses current ideas on the life- cycle in medieval Western Europe There is nothing currently available to compare with the book's scope and ambitions because most available work narrowly focuses on an age group, a social class, and ...

Reform and the papacy in the Eleventh Century

spirituality and social change

Unique in terms of coverage, investigating the development of reform as an idea propagated by the papacy during the eleventh century, and why papal reform developed in the way it did; Fulfils a valuable function both in summarizing current work and presenting a cogent and ...