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 Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age Mediterranean c.1400 BC-1000 BC 
 Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age Mediterranean c.1400 BC-1000 BC Author: Raffaele D'Amato and Andrea Salimbeti Osprey Publishing Elite, Book 204 2015 ISBN: 1472806816 Pages: 64 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 19 MB Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age and Mediterranean features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the Eastern Mediterranean in the last half of the Bronze Age. Research into the origins of the so-called Shardana, Shekelesh, Danuna, Lukka, Peleset and other peoples is a detective 'work in progress'. However, it is known that they both provided the Egyptian pharaohs with mercenaries, and were listed among Egypt's enemies and invaders. They contributed to the collapse of several civilizations through their dreaded piracy and raids, and their waves of attacks were followed by major migrations that changed the face of this region, from modern Libya and Cyprus to the Aegean, mainland Greece, Lebanon and Anatolian Turkey. Drawing on carved inscriptions and papyrus documents - mainly from Egypt - dating from the 15th-11th centuries BC, as well as carved reliefs of Medinet Habu, this title reconstructs the formidable appearance and even the tactics of the famous 'Sea Peoples'.
Crusader Archaeology: The Material Culture of the Latin East
 Crusader Archaeology: The Material Culture of the Latin East Author: Adrian J. Boas Routledge 1999 Pages: 267 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 14.7 Mb Crusader Archaeology draws together recently excavated material culture in Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan to examine what life was like for the Crusaders in their territory and how they were influenced by their newfound neighbors. Chapters discuss urban and rural settlements, surveying agriculture, industry, military, church, public and private architecture, arts and crafts, leisure pursuits, death and burial, and building techniques. This lavishly illustrated volume creates a vivid portrait of the period.
European Witch Trials, Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500
 European Witch Trials, Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500 Routledge Author: Richard Kieckhefer 2011 Pages: 194 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN: 978-0415619257 Size: 25 mb This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is concerned with distinguishing between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. The author has developed his own methodology for distinguishing popular from learned concepts, which provides adequate substantiation for the acceptance of some documents and the rejection of others.
Heroes of the Middle Ages
 Author: Eva March Tappan Heroes of the Middle Ages Nabu Press ISBN: 1599151693 2010 Format: EPUB Size: 8,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 252 Recounts the stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages and acquaints the reader with the most important figures in those scenes. The figures are grouped into seven periods: The Barbarian Invasion, The Forming of the Germanic Nations, The Teutonic Invasions, The Rise of Nationalities, The Crusades, The Time of Progress and Discovery, and The Struggles of the Nations. In the tapestry which the author weaves may be traced the history of the rise and fall of the various nationalities and the circumstances and mode of life of each.
Medieval Warfare
 Author: H. W. Koch Medieval Warfare Dorset Press 1988 Format: PDF Pages: 264 Language: English Size: 70 MB Medieval Warfare is a comprehensive illustrated history of the way, why and how war was fought from the fall of the Roman Empire through and including the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation. This is the first serious work to analyze medieval warfare since the publication of Sir Charles Oman's classic study more than forty years ago.
The Cambridge medieval history. Vol.3
 The Cambridge medieval history New York Macmillan Author: J.B. Bury 1911 Pages: 792 Format: PDF Size: 67 mb Language: English I. LOUIS THE PIOUS. II. THE CAROLINGIAN KINGDOMS (840—877) III. THE CAROLINGIAN KINGDOMS (877—918) IV. FRANCE, THE LAST CAROLINGIANS AND THE ACCESSION OF HUGH CAPET (888—987) V. FRANCfi IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY VI. THE KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY VII. ITALY IN THE TENTH CENTURY VIII. GERMANY: HENRY I AND OTTO THE GREAT IX. GERMANY: OTTO II AND OTTO III X. THE EMPEROR HENRY II XI. THE EMPEROR CONRAD II XII. THE EMPEROR HENRY HI XIII. THE VIKINGS XIV. THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND XV. ENGLAND FROM a.d. 954 TO THE DEATH OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR XVI. THE WESTERN CALIPHATE XVII. THE CHURCH FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO SYLVESTER II XVIII. FEUDALISM XIX. LEARNING AND LITERATURE TILL THE DEATH OF BEDE XX. LEARNING AND LITERATURE TILL POPE SYLVESTER II XXI. BYZANTINE AND ROMANESQUE ARTS
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland: Discoveries, Hypotheses, Interpretations
 Author: Andrzej Buko The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland: Discoveries, Hypotheses, Interpretations Brill Academic Publishers 2008 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 14,34 mb Language: English Pages: 475 This is the first academic book which concentrates on the discoveries of medieval date (6th- 13th centuries) from the territory of modern Poland. The book covers the principal research questions, such as the origins of the Slavs, societies of the proto-state period and the origins of the Polish state. The volume also includes a discussion of the most interesting, sometimes controversial, archaeological discoveries or issues.
Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
 Author: Catherine Holmes Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025) Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199279683 2006 Format: PDF Size: 14,5 МБ Language: English This is the first book-length study in English of the Byzantine emperor Basil II, the "Bulgar-slayer." Basil presided over a Byzantium which was the superpower of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the century before the Crusades. Catherine Holmes peels away the layers of later interpretations to reveal an empire that was governed by a potent mixture of subtle persuasion and brute force.
Medieval Castles
 Medieval Castles (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Medieval World) Greenwood Author: Marilyn Stokstad 2005 Pages: 256 Format: PDF Size: 2,5 mb Language: English Stokstad, the author of a well- regarded history of medieval art, has written an account that describes all aspects of medieval castles, with many specific examples and a rich collection of primary sources. Written for high school students and the general reader, the text provides a nuanced look at castles, with attention to their architecture, methods of fortification, methods of warfare, functions besides defense, inhabitants, their fate after the invention of gunpowder, and the romantic attachment to their architecture from the 18th century to the present. This volume focuses mainly on examples in England and France; it is supplemented nicely by examples in another book in this series, also written by a senior scholar, that focuses on the Crusades
A Companion to the Anglo-Norman World
 Author: C.Harper-Bill,E.Van Houts A Companion to the Anglo-Norman World Boydell Press 2003 г. Format: PDF Size: 2,85 mb
The Other Europe in the Middle Ages: Avars, Bulgars, Khazars and Cumans
 The Other Europe in the Middle Ages: Avars, Bulgars, Khazars and Cumans Author: Florin Curta, Roman Kovalev Brill Academic Publishers 2008 Pages: 492 ISBN: 978-9004-16389-8 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 6,84 mb
The Byzantine commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453
 Author: Dimitri Obolensky The Byzantine commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453 / Praeger Publishers Quality: Pages: 524 Genre: History of Civilization Language: English 1971 Format: PDF Size: 101 МБ
Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425) A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship
 Author: John W Barker Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425) A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship Rutgers University Press ISBN: 0813505828 1969 Format: PDF Size: 85,0 МБ Language: English Pages: 614 A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship
A Distant Mirror The Calamitous 14th Century
 Author: Barbara W. Tuchman A Distant Mirror The Calamitous 14th Century Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345349571 1987 Format: EPUB Size: 11,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 704 The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived. In this sweeping historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysmic 14th century, when the energies of medieval Europe were devoted to fighting internecine wars and warding off the plague. Some medieval thinkers viewed these disasters as divine punishment for mortal wrongs; others, more practically, viewed them as opportunities to accumulate wealth and power. One of the latter, whose life informs much of Tuchman's book, was the French nobleman Enguerrand de Coucy, who enjoyed the opulence and elegance of the courtly tradition while ruthlessly exploiting the peasants under his thrall. Tuchman looks into such events as the Hundred Years War, the collapse of the medieval church, and the rise of various heresies, pogroms, and other events that caused medieval Europeans to wonder what they had done to deserve such horrors.
Medieval France An Encyclopedia
 Author: W.Kibler,G.Zinn,L.Earr Medieval France An Encyclopedia Garland Publishing 1995 г. Format: PDF Size: 22,8 mb
A History of West Africa, 1000-1800
 Author: Basil Davidson A History of West Africa, 1000-1800 Longman 1978 ISBN: 0582603404 Language: English Pages: 336 Format: PDF Size: 50,62 МБ This text is designed for students preparing for O Level history, offering an examination of some of the major trends and events in West African history from AD 1000-1800.
A History of Florence. 1200-1575
 A History of Florence. 1200-1575 Author: John M. Najemy 2006 Blackwell Publishing ISBN: 978-1405119542 Size: 3mb Format: PDF Pages: 515 Language: English In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major developments in Florentine history from 1200 to 1575.
Time Frame AD 1000-1100 - Light in the East
 Author: Collective Time Frame AD 1000-1100 - Light in the East Time-Life Books 1988 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 24.5 MB Contents: China's Enlightened Empire, The Advent of the Turks, The Norman Conquests, The Birth of Russia, India's Elephant Kings.
The Old World and the New: 1492-1650
 Author: J. H. Elliott The Old World and the New: 1492-1650 (Canto) Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521427096 1992 Format: PDF Size: 12,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 136 The impact of Europe on a newly-discovered world of America has long been a subject of historical fascination. Yet the impact of that discovery and conquest for the European conquering powers has traditionally received less attention. In this pioneering book J. H. Elliott set out to show how traditional European assumptions about geography, theology, history and the nature of man were challenged by the encounter with new lands and people; trading relationships around the world were affected by an influx of gold and silver imports from America; while politically, the sources of power were no longer confined to European territory. The 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery has prompted renewed enquiry into the relationship of the Old World and the New; John Elliott's fascinating and now classic account is here reissued with a new foreword addressing the significance of the book's insights for a new generation of readers.
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