A history of the life of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, King of England

The rise and fall of the feudal system comprises one of the most important periods of human history. During this time, magnificent upheavals occurred: an organised system of oppression gave way to rational liberty, bloody wars resulted in the refinement of society, and wanton aggression ...

A companion to Arthurian and celtic myth and legend

Authoritative illustrated guide to the people, events and places (including Scotland, Ireland and Brittany) linked to King Arthur.

Historia de las formas urbanas medievales

Una síntesis para quien quiera estudiar el urbanismo en la etapa medieval. Pretende ser un manual donde, desde un amplio abanico se incluyen, no sólo las formas artísticas, sino la sociedad, política, economía, y todo lo concerniente al espacio urbano.

Medieval fabrication

dress, textiles, clothwork and other cultural imaginings

The varied cultural functions of dress, textiles, and clothwork are used in this collection of essays to examine long-standing assumptions about the Middle Ages. At one end of the spectrum, questions of dress call up feminist theoretical investigations into the body and subjectivity, while broadening ...

La pratica agrimensoria nella tarda antichità e nell' alto medioevo

Le mutazioni prodotte dal Cristianesimo nella percezione del paesaggio romano tradizionale sono segnate talora da eventi traumatici (distruzione dei templi, per far posto a fondazioni ecclesiali o monastiche, abbattimento degli alberi, esorcismo di luoghi e simboli con l'apposizione di una croce), ma nell'insieme ...

The making of feudal agricultures?

Was there a discernible set of changes in the techniques of arable farming, animal husbandry and their associated technologies at the end of antiquity which marked a clear break with an established 'ancient world economy' and ushered in the 'new agricultures' of the early middle ...

El temps i l'espai del feudalisme

Reunió científica. VI cUrs d'Estiu Comtat d'Urgell (Balaguer, 11, 12 i 13 de juliol de 2001)

Aplega les actes dels cursos d'estiu del comtat d'Urgell que se celebra cada juliol a Balaguer des de l'any 1996. Aquests llibres contribueixen a renovar el coneixement de les arrels medievals de la mà dels millors especialistes d'Europa i Amèrica. Directors ...

Power and property in Medieval Germany

economic and social change c.900-1300

In Power and Property in Medieval Germany Professor Arnold takes a fresh look at the problems posed by power and property in a medieval society, in this case the German kingdom. In a series of interrelated studies covering the period 700-1500, but concentrating on the ...

Secular buildings and the archaeology of everyday life in the byzantine empire

The archaeology of everyday life is a relatively under- explored aspect of the Byzantine world, and often takes a back-seat to the more visible aspects of Byzantine history, such as works of art and ecclesiastical architecture. This book seeks to redress the imbalance by focusing ...

St John Damascene

tradition and originality in Byzantine Theology

John Damascene, one-time senior civil servant in the Umayyad Arab Empire, became a monk near Jerusalem in the early years of the eighth century. He never set foot in the Byzantine Empire, yet his influence on Byzantine theology was ultimately determinative, and beyond that his ...

Interaction and isolation in late byzantine culture

Papers Read at a Colloquium Held at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 1-5 December, 1999

Les vies des saints à Byzance

genre littéraire ou biographie historique?

Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th centuries

the archaeology of local, regional and international exchange: papers of the thirty-eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, St John´s College, University of Oxford, March 2004

Edited by Marlia Mundell Mango. The 28 papers examine questions relating to the extent and nature of Byzantine trade from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages. The Byzantine state was the only political entity of the Mediterranean to survive Antiquity and thus offers a theoretical ...

A monetary history of the Ottoman empire

The Ottoman empire stood at the crossroads of intercontinental trade at the dawn of the era of capitalism. This volume examines the monetary history of that empire from its beginnings in the fourteenth century to the end of the first world war. Through a detailed ...

Love, war, and the grail

templars, hospitallers, and teutonic knights in medieval epic and romance 1150-1500

Originally published by Brill in 2001 as part of the series History of Warfare . Scholars of the crusades, medieval history, and medieval literature will welcome the paperback reprinting of this interdisciplinary study. Nicholson (Cardiff U., Wales), who has published extensively on the history of the ...

L'Ordre du Temple et le reniement du Christ

Lors du procès intenté en 1307 par le roi de France Philippe le Bel, il apparut que les Templiers, au moment de leur réception dans l'ordre, reniaient le Christ et crachaient sur la croix. Pour cette raison essentiellement, on les accusa d'hérésie. Cette ...

The legend of the Grail

The quest for the Holy Grail is one of the most important elements in the story of King Arthur. Yet even among the many interested in the stories of the Round Table, very few have read at first hand the medieval masterpieces which over a ...

Las Cruzadas

Las cruzadas fueron y son en la actualidad un motivo de reflexión para historiadores y políticos del panorama mundial, y en este libro se analizan con detenimiento todas las cruzadas realizadas desde Europa incluidas las peninsulares y destacar que desde hace más de treinta años ...

Los Templarios y el origen de la banca

El 13 de Octubre de 1307 todos los templarios del reino de Francia,acusados entre otras cosas de abjurar de la cruz y adorar a un ídolo llamado Bafomet,fueron arrestados por orden de Felipe IV.La Orden del Temple sería suprimida por el Papa ...

Las Cruzadas

Las cruzadas son un episodio histórico en el que confluyen componentes religiosos, sociales y políticos inextricablemente asociados. Es por ello que el modo en que Zoé Oldenbourg aborda el tema en esta obra resulta especialmente efectivo y esclarecedor. Centrándose en la primera etapa de las ...