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Till God Inherits the Earth - Islamic Pious Endowments in Al-Andalus (9-15th Centuries)

This volume deals with the origins and evolution of the Islamic institution of pious endowments in al-Andalus and provide us with a compl...

Willing and Understanding: Late Medieval Debates on the Will, the Intellect, and Practical Knowledge

In Willing and Understanding, prominent scholars elucidate a variety of issues in and approaches to debating the interplay of the will an...

Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire

A study of social organization, political power, conversion to Christianity, and church building in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire in 400-1066 AD,...

Haithabu 983-1066 - Der Untergang eines dänischen Handelszentrums in der späten Wikingerzeit

Haithabu - maritimes Fernhandelszentrum zwischen Nord- und Ostsee, Skandinavien und dem Kontinent, multifunktionaler und legendarer Zentr...

Justice and mercy - Moral theology and the exercise of law in twelfth-century England

This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collec...

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe - The Theatrum Mundi of Celebration

Rasmus Vangshardt offers an original interpretation of one of the most famous images of literary history, the theatrum mundi. By applying...

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England

Æthelflæd (c. 870-918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in Eng...

The City of Poetry - Imagining the Civic Role of the Poet in Fourteenth-Century Italy

This book is for students and scholars of medieval literature and for readers interested in the public intellectuals of the past. It prov...

Handschrift im Druck (ca. 1500-1800) - Annotieren, Korrigieren, Weiterschreiben

Dem Neben- und Miteinander von Hand- und Druckschriftlichkeit in der Frühen Neuzeit bis in die Goethezeit ist in der Forschung bisher nur...

Materialität, Inschriftlichkeit und schrifttragende Artefakte im mittelalterlichen Rom

Im Vergleich zum epigraphischen Erbe der antiken Tibermetropole steckt die systematische Erforschung der ebenso reichhaltigen Inschriften...

Athelred the Unready - The Ill-Counselled King

Æthelred became king of England in 978, following the murder of his brother Edward the Martyr (possibly at the instigation of their mothe...

Sakrale Schriftbilder - Zur ikonischen Präsenz des Geschriebenen im mittelalterlichen Kirchenraum

Bishops and Jews in the Medieval Latin West. Bischöfe und Juden im lateinischen Mittelalter - Bischöfe und Juden im lateinischen Mittelalter

Bishops played a central role in the relations between Jews and their Christian environment ever since the beginnings of Jewish existence...

Caliphs and Kings - Spain, 796-1031

Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews ...

The Franciscans in Medieval Bury St Edmunds

Chronicles the conflict between Franciscan friars and Benedictine monks in medieval Bury St Edmunds and the subsequent community at Babwell

Old Age before Modernity - Case Studies and Methodological Perspectives, 500 BC¿1700 AD

This book investigates old age and ageing in premodern times, with a special focus on the Middle Ages. Perspectives from gerontology and ...

Mobility and Migration in Byzantium: A Sourcebook

Mobility and migration were not uncommon in Byzantium, as is true for all societies. Yet, scholarship is only beginning to pay attention ...

In the World of Vlad - The Lives and Times of a Warlord

The life (in fact the lives) of Vlad III ¿the Impaller¿ or ¿Draculä is a Rorschach test. Everybody sees what they want to see in the ¿doc...

Klangräume des Mittelalters

Die Sinne rücken in das Blickfeld der Mittelalterforschung und werfen kaum erforschte, hoch anregende Fragen auf. Im Fokus der dreizehn A...

Between East and West - Studies on the History of Memory, Commemoration and Reception of Medieval Culture

The memory of the living and the dead was part of the functioning of monastic and secular communities, dynasties and aristocratic familie...

A Window to the Past? - Tracing Ibn Iyas's Narrative Ways of Worldmaking

The only Arabic voice to have witnessed the Ottoman conquest of Cairo, Ibn Iyas, is an eminent historical source for the late Mamluk peri...

Roma Docta - Northern Europeans and Academic Life in the Renaissance

According to the central thesis presented in the first section of this book, which is preceded by some historiographical observations, Ro...

Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine World

The volume - whose chapters originated at panels at the International Byzantine Congress in Belgrade and at the IMC in Leeds - seeks to o...

Spiritual Vegetation - Vegetal Nature in Religious Contexts Across Medieval and Early Modern Europe

This volume concerns premodern understandings of vegetal nature that encompass multiple semantics and perspectives. Scholars from the dis...

Studies on the History and Culture of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)

The general field of study of this volume is the history and culture of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517). It contains the proceedings of ...

The Medieval Clothier

A clear and accessibly written guide to the medieval cloth-making trade in England.

Domestic Slavery in Syria and Egypt, 1200-1500

Slavery touched many aspects of Mamluk society. This volume focuses on the role of slaves within the family, from birth to purchase, libe...

On the Ocean - The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from Prehistory to AD 1500

The story of the contest between humans and the sea, played out in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from early prehistory until AD 1500.

Maqamat al-Nasr fi Manaqib Imam al-Asr

A unique Mamluk manuscript tells the story of a Damascene jurist. Ibn al-Zamlakani's story revolves around a dramatic episode in the life...

Relations of Power - Women's Networks in the Middle Ages

Women's networks - their relations with other women, men, objects and place - were a source of power in various European and neighbouring...

Records of the Medieval Sword

The origins, development and use of the two-edged knightly sword of the European middle ages, from the great migrations to the Renaissance.

The Crusades: A History

This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant t...

The Medieval Tournament as Spectacle - Tourneys, Jousts and 'Pas d'Armes', 1100-1600

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.

Runes: A Handbook

Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one or more Mediter...

The Anglo-Saxon World

The essential history of Anglo-Saxon England, brought completely up to date with new discoveries and interpretations

The Emperors of Byzantium

A compelling and vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told...

"The Book of Horsemanship" by Duarte I of Portugal

First full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship.

Women and the Crusades

Helen Nicholson surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading from the 11th century to the 16th, arguing that medieval women were dee...

The Once and Future Sex - Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turn...

Samurai Armies of the Late Sengoku Period - Volume II: Castles and Sieges, Artillery, Heraldry & Clothing

The elegant, multi-storey main towers of Japanese castles, surrounded by massive fortifications, are widely known as symbols of samurai r...

Essen und Fasten / Food and Fasting - Interreligiöse Abgrenzung, Konkurrenz und Austauschprozesse / Interreligious Differentiations, Competition and Exchange

Die Beiträge in diesem Band untersuchen, wie sich verschiedene religiöse Gruppen im Mittelalter über ihre Ernährungsweise gegeneinander a...

Lion Rampant: Second Edition - Medieval Wargaming Rules

WINNER OF THE 2023 ORIGINS AWARDS FOR BEST MINIATURES GAME. An expanded edition of the Origins Award-nominated Lion Rampant, featuring ne...

The Dutch Hatmakers of Late Medieval and Tudor London - with an edition of their bilingual Guild Ordinances

Uncovers the remarkable lives and writings of these tradesmen, showing how they adapted to their new environment and responded to the cha...

Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550

A portrait of espionage, covert operations, assassination squads, and the deep penetration of seemingly invulnerable fortresses or securi...

Our Medieval City! - The first Jewish Community in Vienna

In March 2021 the Jewish Museum Vienna will be opening its new permanent exhibition at Museum Judenplatz. The exhibition will be accompan...

Medieval panorama: The english scene from conquest to reformation

The Holy Roman Empire - A Thousand Years of Europe's History

Peter H. Wilson is the author of the highly acclaimed Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009). He is the Chichele ...

A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages - The World Through Medieval Eyes

A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world, seen through the eyes of those who travelled across it. History readers wil...

Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and ...

Weird Medieval Guys - How to Live, Laugh, Love (and Die) in Dark Times

'FASCINATING' Guardian | 'WE LOVE THIS BOOK' Blackwells | 'THE BEST GIFT BOOK THERE IS' Independent A GUIDE TO LIVING IN DARK TIMES, FROM...

The Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom Holland The 'Viking Age' is tradi...

The book of the Illuminated Chronicle

The Illuminated Chronicle is a rich storehouse of medieval Hungarian history. It preserves the memory of our shared past and every nation...

Witchcraft - A History in Thirteen Trials

A lively and immersive global history of witchcraft which shows its evolution from the Middle Ages to the present day and shines a light ...

An English Dimension - The diaries of the Hungarian Count István Széchenyi 1832-1834

István Széchenyi (1791-1860) was a man in a hurry. He wanted to bring Hungary into the nineteenth century, with railways, steam ships, tu...

A Short History of the Byzantine Empire

Incorporating the latest scholarly developments to offer an in-depth account of the history of the Byzantine Empire, this revised edition...

The Hanse illustrated - An Entertaining Journey into the Hanse Era

The old Hanse has come to life again. Not only on the colourful Hanse days of today, but also in this illustrated book by Heinz-Joachim D...

The Private Lives of the Saints - Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina 'Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so-called Dark Ages' - Dan Snow Skuldugg...

Faithful Harry and the Reformation - Evaluating Events Leading to Henry VIII's Excommunication

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: A, Lubbock Chr...

The book of the Illuminated Chronicle

The Illuminated Chronicle is a rich storehouse of medieval Hungarian history. It preserves the memory of our shared past and every nation...

The Normans: How William the Conqueror Changed Britain Forever - How William the Conqueror changed Britain forever

The turning point in British history, a story no one with any curiosity about the shaping of Britain and indeed Europe can afford to ignore.