Atlas historique du Moyen Âge occidental

Cet Atlas historique du Moyen Age occidental est né de la volonté d'aider le lecteur à s'orienter à travers plus de mille ans d'histoire de l'Occident et à en explorer les voies multiples, dans toute leur richesse et leur complexité. C ...

Breve historia de los Merovingios

los orígenes de la Francia Medieval

Los Merovingios, fueron una dinastía de reyes francos que reinó en la Galia, tras el derrumbamiento del Imperio romano, desde el final del siglo V hasta la mitad del siglo VIII. En el origen los francos constituían una amalgama de muchas tribus germánicas establecidas a ...

Aspects of power and authority in the Middle Ages

Concepts of power and authority and the relationship between them were fundamental to many aspects of medieval society. The essays in this collection present a series of case studies that range widely, both chronologically and geographically, from Lombard Italy to early-modern Iberia and from Anglo-Saxon ...

The archaeology of medieval Europe. Vol. 1.

Eighth to twelfth centuries AD

The two volumes of "The Archaeology of Medieval Europe" will together comprise the first complete account of medieval archaeology across Europe. Archaeologists from academic institutions in fifteen countries are collaborating to produce these two books of sixteen thematic chapters each. In addition, every chapter will ...

Atlas histórico de la cultura medieval

Este «Atlas histórico de la Cultura Medieval» recorre la historia de la Edad media en sus formas de expresión y con sus exponentes principales, entrelazando vida política, social, religiosa y artística. Con esta obra, el lector puede orientarse en los más de mil años de ...

Memoires carolingiennes

l´epitaphe entre célébration mémorielle, genre littéraire et manifeste politique: (milieu VIII-début XI siécle)

Nées de l'étude des épitaphes des VIIIe-XIe siècles, ces Mémoires carolingiennes offrent un parcours original dans l'histoire du haut Moyen Âge. Analysant non seulement le contenu de leur texte mais également leur forme littéraire, matérielle et graphique, l'auteur y montre combien ces ...

Condottiere 1300-1500

infamous medieval mercenaries

Illustrated by Graham Turner Originally contracted by wealthy Italian city states to protect their assets during a time of ceaseless warring, many condottieri of the Italian peninsula became famous for their wealth, venality and amorality during the 14th and 15th centuries. Some even came to ...

Fighting for the faith

the many fronts of Medieval Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500 AD

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 ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought- provoking survey shows, the religions clashed across the ...

The mongol art of war

Chinggis Khan and the mongol military sistem

The Mongol armies that established the largest land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into eastern Europe, are imperfectly understood. Often they are viewed as screaming throngs of horsemen who swept over opponents by sheer force of numbers rather than as disciplined regiments that ...

Lorenzo el Magnifico

En su acercamiento a Lorenzo el Magnífico, Jack Lang, uno de los grandes políticos europeos contemporáneos, traza el retrato de un príncipe extraordinario, que encarna tanto la grandeza como las contradicciones de su época, y desgrana una lúcida reflexión acerca de la naturaleza del poder ...

Gente de la Edad Media

Este libro echa abajo los tópicos, ideas preconcebidas y errores en los que se suele caer al pensar en la Edad Media. Lejos del estudio erudito de la sociedad medieval, su economía y su historia cultural o artística, Robert Fossier se centra en la gente ...

The medieval hospital and medical practice

Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented creates ...

Paysans et seigneurs au Moyen Âge

VIIIe-XVe siècles

Le propos de cet ouvrage est de présenter les relations ayant existé entre maîtres du sol et producteurs sur la longue période qui s'étend de la période carolingienne aux grandes révoltes paysannes des XIVe et XVe siècles. La conjoncture générale d'augmentation des ressources ...

Les rois qui ont fait la France

Clovis et les Mérovingiens

La dynastie mérovingienne, fondée par Clovis, dura deux siècles et demi (481-737). Roi des Francs saliens, ce dernier parvint à conquérir la Gaule romaine et à l'unifier. Son baptême est un événement capital de notre histoire : il permit la christianisation de l'Europe. Ses ...

Les Latins en Orient

XIe-XVe siècle

Croisades, échanges commerciaux, pèlerinages et voyages de découverte, autant de formes différentes de l'expansion occidentale en Orient du XIe au XVe siècle. Les croisades ont mauvaise presse aujourd'hui, d'autant que nos contemporains y verraient volontiers les précédents d'un " choc des civilisations ...

The Capetians

kings of France 987-1314

Following the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987 the French lords chose Hugh Capet as their king. He was the founder of a dynasty that lasted until 1328. Although for much of this time, the French kings were weak, and the kingdom of France ...

Privacy and solicitude in the Middle Ages

The lord in his hall, the monk in his cloister: we often think of medieval people as living most of their lives in the constant company of others. But there was always another middle ages, characterised by the hermit's solitude as well as by ...

Europa in costruzione

la forza delle identità, la ricerca di unità (secoli IX-XIII)

"Quali le radici dell'Europa?". Stiamo parlando dei secoli - tra il IX e il XIII - dominati da migrazioni e invasioni di popoli, da incroci incessanti di etnie, di culture, di religioni che possono dare l'impressione del caos, del disordine sommo, dell'anarchia. Nel 1945 ...

Romans de Chevalerie du Moyen Âge Grec

Parmi les #uvres de fiction qu#a produites la littérature européenne au Moyen Âge, les romans grecs écrits en langue vulgaire et en vers de quinze syllabes sont restés voués à une regrettable obscurité, faute de traductions en français et dans la plupart des langues ...

Living together, living apart

rethinking jewish-christian relations in the Middle Ages

This book challenges the standard conception of the Middle Ages as a time of persecution for Jews. Jonathan Elukin traces the experience of Jews in Europe from late antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation, revealing how the pluralism of medieval society allowed Jews to feel ...