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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...

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...

Templars

From the author of "The Plantagenets" comes the remarkable story of the Knights Templar - the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretiv...

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...

Klangräume des Mittelalters

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

From Digital to Distant Diplomatics - Digital Diplomatics 2022

The Digital Diplomatics 2022 conference took place from the 28th to 30th of September 2023. It was the fourth instance of an internationa...

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 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...

Medieval Women

A jewel of a book, this latest release from one of Pen & Sword's women historians, contains a treasure trove of medieval dramatis persona...

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...

Women in the Middle Ages - Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns, and Queens

A magnificently illustrated oversize book that uses art to illuminate the lives of medieval women, from peasants to queens

The Teutonic Knights - Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation

A gripping account of the rise and fall of the last great medieval military order. This book provides a concise and incisive introduction...

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...

Sakrale Schriftbilder - Zur ikonischen Präsenz des Geschriebenen im mittelalterlichen Kirchenraum

The Eagle and the Hart - The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV

From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives play...

Marco Polo and His World

A lavishly illustrated tour of the famed adventurer's globetrotting travels, written by a celebrated translator of Polo's writings. At th...

The Art of Medieval Falconry

A beautifully illustrated tour of the visual culture of medieval falconry in Europe and beyond. Medieval falconry was not just about hunt...

The Medieval Scriptorium - Making Books in the Middle Ages

Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the b...

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.

Richard III

An in-depth perspective offering a fresh new look at King Richard III

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 Troubadours

An engaging and accessible introduction to the music, poetry, and lives of the medieval singer-songwriters. Composing songs of love and w...

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,...

Land and Trade in Early Islam - The Economy of the Islamic Middle East 750-1050 CE

Land and Trade in Early Islam discusses the latest developments in the field of early Islamic economic and social history, focusing on th...

Standardization in the Middle Ages - Volume 1: The North

We live in a world riven through with standards. To understand more of their deep, rich past is to understand ourselves better. The two v...

New Research on the Abbey of Le Bec in the Middle Ages - Sources, History, Archaeology

This book presents the latest research on Le Bec Abbey: the results of recent archaeological excavations and investigations into the text...

The Observations of Gilles Le Bouvier - A Medieval Herald's View of Europe and Its Neighbouring Lands

Translated from the medieval French, this book is a landmark English-language version of the work of Gilles le Bouvier. As the senior her...

The Northwomen - Untold Stories From the Other Half of the Viking World

For fans of provocative history and "Game of Thrones" alike, this revisionist narrative reveals how the little-known women of the Viking ...

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...

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...

The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, C. 1000-1350

A rich study of what medieval Christianity meant for ordinary people, and how it changed across the middle ages, arguably as profound as ...

Stephen I, the First Christian King of Hungary - From Medieval Myth to Modern Legend

Stephen I, the first Christian king of Hungary analyses the often seamless flow that has turned medieval myth into modern history, showin...

Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England - Secular and Monastic Households

Katharine Sykes examines a new type of household to emerge in early medieval England: the monastic household. Reproducing through educati...

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...

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...

Fixing the Liturgy - Friars, Sisters, and the Dominican Rite, 1256-1516

A new history of the medieval Dominican liturgy, from the perspective of women's communities In Fixing the Liturgy, Claire Taylor Jones o...

The Birth and Evolution of Islamic Political Theory - Political Rationalism from Ibn Al-Muqaffa to Ibn Khaldun

Offers provocative re-readings of five political rationalists in Islamic political thought between the eighth and the fifteenth century.

Between Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World - Power, Contention and Identity

Studies rebellion as historical phenomenon and literary construct in early Islamicate contexts.

Tawātur in Islamic Thought - Transmission, Certitude and Orthodoxy

Traces the development of tawātur theories and explores their role in defining Islamic orthodoxy.

War with Byzantium - Legitimation, Consequences and Reception

The Great Roll of the Pipe for the 43rd Year of King Henry III (Michaelmas 1259)

Critical insights into the period of baronial reform and rebellion in England (1258-67) and the evolution of parliament.

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...

A Companion to Josephus in the Medieval West

This volume establishes the fundamentals of the reception history of Flavius Josephus in the Latin Middle Ages (c. 500-1300).

Anglo-Norman Studies XLVI - Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2023

"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King

Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (1362-1392) - The Rise and Fall of a Royal Favourite

The first full-length study of one of the most controversial figures of later fourteenth century England.

St Stephen's Chapel and the Palace of Westminster

Traces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture.

Marriage in Medieval Poland - A Study of Evidence from the Poznań Consistory Court, 1404-1428

This book is the first English-language publication analyzing marriage in medieval Poland. It presents the range of marital problems that...

The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin

The four Latin ' lives' of St Laurence O' Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice Roche i...

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 ...

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 Emperors of Byzantium

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

Forgotten Vikings - New Approaches to the Viking Age

A reappraisal of the Vikings. The ultimate goal of Forgotten Vikings is to add to the corpus of popular history/overview books of the Vik...

The Medieval Clothier

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

Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours - From the Fifth Century to the Viking Age

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

Birth of the Red Dragon - Wales and the Wars of the Roses

Highlights the importance of Wales during the intense rivalries of the Houses of Lancaster and York in the Wars of the Roses.

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.

"The Book of Horsemanship" by Duarte I of Portugal

First full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship.

What is Better than a Good Woman? - Alice Chaucer, Commoner and Yorkist Matriarch

Granddaughter of Jeoffrey and grandmother to three Yorkist claimants to the throne, Alice Chaucer is one of the most important female fig...

Silk Roads

A richly illustrated publication that explores the networks of contacts and exchanges spanning Afro-Eurasia from 500 to 1000 CE, highligh...

Conquered - The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England

"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The...