Medieval category: 3965 books

Cover of William Marshal
by David Crouch
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016

David Crouch’s William Marshal, now in its third edition, depicts this intriguing medieval figure as a ruthless opportunist, astute courtier, manipulative politician and a brutal but efficient soldier. Born the fourth son of a minor baron, he ended his days as Earl of Pembroke and Regent of England,...
Cover of A Companion to the Medieval World
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Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. Examines changing approaches to the...
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The Growth of the Medieval City

From Late Antiquity to the Early Fourteenth Century

by David M Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014

The first part of David Nicholas's massive two-volume study of the medieval city, this book is a major achievement in its own right. (It is also fully self-sufficient, though many readers will want to use it with its equally impressive sequel which is being published simultaneously.) In it, Professor...
Cover of Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016

Who can concentrate on thoughts of Scripture or philosophy and be able to endure babies crying ... ? Will he put up with the constant muddle and squalor which small children bring into the home? The wealthy can do so ... but philosophers lead a very different life ... So, according to Peter Abelard,...
Cover of Women's Rights in Medieval History- Children's Medieval History Books
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017

Did you know that for the longest time women were considered inferior to men? If you would review your history books, you will notice the great difference in status, rank and role in society. In this book, let's take a look at the women's rights during the medieval times. Do you think women were treated fairly then? Why or why not?
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by Eileen Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012

In this classic of social history, noted medieval scholar Eileen Power recreates the lives of six ordinary people who lived during the Middle Ages. Drawing upon account books, diaries, letters, records, wills, and other authentic historical documents, she brings to vivid life Bodo, a Frankish peasant...
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The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession

Canonists, Civilians, and Courts

by James A. Brundage
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008

In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in Western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1230s when church councils and public authorities...
Cover of Credit and Debt in Medieval England c.1180-c.1350
by Phillipp Schofield, Nicholas Mayhew
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2002

The essays in this volume look at the mechanics of debt, the legal process, and its economics in early medieval England. Beneath the elevated plane of high politics, affairs of the Crown and international finance of the Middle Ages, lurked huge numbers of credit and debt transactions. The transactions...
Cover of Law and Piety in Medieval Islam
by Megan H. Reid
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013

The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional...
Cover of The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017

The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities. The Routledge Research...
Cover of Warfare in the Medieval World
by Carey, Brian Todd, Allfree
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012

Warfare in the Medieval World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe in the period between the fall of Rome and the introduction of reliable gunpowder weapons during the Thirty Years' War. Through an exploration of thirty-three selected battles,...
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Before Orientalism

Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-1510

by Kim M. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013

A distinct European perspective on Asia emerged in the late Middle Ages. Early reports of a homogeneous "India" of marvels and monsters gave way to accounts written by medieval travelers that indulged readers' curiosity about far-flung landscapes and cultures without exhibiting the attitudes...
Cover of Writing Medieval Women’s Lives
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012

A collection of essays representing the growing variety of approaches used to write the history of medieval women. They reflect the European medieval world socially, geographically and across religious boundaries, engaging directly with how the medieval women's experience wa reconstructed, as well as what the experience was.
Cover of In Light of Another's Word

In Light of Another's Word

European Ethnography in the Middle Ages

by Shirin A. Khanmohamadi
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013

Challenging the traditional conception of medieval Europe as insular and even xenophobic, Shirin A. Khanmohamadi's In Light of Another's Word looks to early ethnographic writers who were surprisingly aware of their own otherness, especially when faced with the far-flung peoples and cultures they meant...
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