Henry V

leadership, strategy, conflict

Il. Graham Turner. Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle ...

Breve historia de la guerra antigua y medieval

Breve historia de la guerra antigua y medieval : Este libro presenta todo desarrollo de la guerra, el uso de armas, la tecnología militar y su evolución táctica y estratégica desde la Prehistoria hasta el siglo XV. Tomando como punto de partida el enfrentamiento entre grupos ...

Medieval Italy

texts in translation

Medieval Italy gathers together an unparalleled selection of newly translated primary sources from the central and later Middle Ages, a period during which Italy was famous for its diverse cultural landscape of urban towers and fortified castles, the spirituality of Saints Francis and Clare, and ...

Héroes, maravillas y leyendas de la Edad Media

En esta obra, Jacques Le Goff explora el imaginario medieval a través de sus más importantes componentes: por una parte, los héroes, como Carlomagno, el Cid, el rey Arturo, Roldán o Robín de los Bosques, sin olvidar al hada Melusina, al mago Merlín, ni tampoco ...

The medieval traveller

How did people travel in the middle ages? Evidence shows that despite all the likely deterrents - danger from man and beast, uncertainty of lodging and food, even the basic matter of finding the way - our medieval ancestors moved about far more than we might expect ...

Frederick II

the wonder of the world

One of the most remarkable personalities of the Middle Ages, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was born in 1194. His parents#the reigning Holy Roman Emperor and the heiress to the Kingdom of Sicily#belonged to two of the leading ruling families in medieval Europe. The ...

Cross and crescent in the Balkans

the Ottoman conquest of southeastern Europe

This is NOT just another retelling of the Fall of Constantinople, though it does include a very fine account of that momentous event. It is the history of a quite extraordinary century, one which began when a tiny of force of Ottoman Turkish warriors was ...

Breve historia de Atila y los Hunos

Un fabuloso viaje junto al pueblo de origen oscuro e incierto, nómada y cazador, que llegó a Occidente empujando a otros pueblos apacibles y que originó las oleadas bárbaras que terminaron con el Imperio romano de Occidente. Un palpitante recorrido por la historia, la cultura ...

The Druids and King Arthur

a new view of Early Britain

An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King Arthur and the founding of Britain. It explains how the Druids originated in eastern Europe around 850 BC, bringing to ...

Las Cruzadas

La palabra <> apareció poco antes de 1200k, es decir, un siglo después de que se produjeran los acontecimientos que justificaron su creación. En su momento, la palabra <> tradujo la manera con que se percibieron aquellos hechos: expediciones militares emprendidas en nombre de la Cruz, signo ...

The military leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115

His is the first account in English of the entire, forty year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defense of the ...

Medieval herbal remedies

the old english herbarium and anglo-saxon medicine

This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each, and remedies that were compounded using ...

The Children's Crusade

Medieval History modern mythistory

Aroused by crusade processions, French and German peasant youths set out on a quest to find the True Cross and reclaim Jerusalem. Heading south over the Alps and into Italy, their trek was long and arduous. Onlookers watched their march to the sea in amazement ...

Lo que vino de Oriente

las especies y la imaginación medieval

La demanda de especias en la Europa medieval fue exagerada y quedó reflejada en la persecución de la moda, la formación del gusto y el crecimiento del comercio de lujo. Este apasionante libro explora la demanda de especias en la Edad Media y cómo pusieron ...

Law and the illicit in medieval Europe

Eds. Ruth Mazo Karras, Joel Kaye, E. Ann Matter. In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. As historians have long recognized, however, medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law, legal procedure, and the ideals of justice and ...

The fortress of Rhodes 1309-1522

First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fortified in the Byzantine style. Due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean, Rhodes was also attacked and besieged for over a century by Islamic forces. This ...

The Varangian Guard 988-1453

The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. Descendants from a legendary line of warriors, the Varangian Guard was formed after a group of Viking mercenaries made a major contribution to the ...

Falling from Grace

reversal of fortune and the english nobility, 1075-1455

Painted on cathedral walls and used as leitmotif by fifteenth century writers, the 'Wheel of Fortune' and the 'Fall of Princes' were fundamental themes through which medieval people understood the mutability of existence. This original new study examines the increasing brutality of politics in later ...

The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa

the history of the expedition of the Emperor Frederick and related texts

Trad. Graham A. Loud. This is the first English translation of the main contemporary accounts of the Crusade and death of the German Frederick I Barbarossa (ruled 1152-90). The most important of these, the "History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick" was written soon ...

La ciudad cristiana del occidente medieval

(c. 400-c. 1500)

El presente libro se centra en uno de esos estímulos: el de los aportes u anclajes crsitianos que, en último término, pueden cristalizar en na auténtica religiosidad cívica. Sin esos factores, la ciudad del occidente europeo resultaría difícil de entender.