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 Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints 
 Author : Lister M. Matheson : Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints Greenwood : 2011 ISBN: 9780313340802 Pages: 705 Format : PDF Size : 4,4 MB Language : English Drawing on the latest research, Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and SaintS examines the lives of some of the most remarkable personalities of the Medieval Era—powerful, ruthless, compassionate, brilliant people who remain widely influential today. Each portrait in this extraordinary gallery sets its subject in the context of their world, revealing what we really know about their lives, their iconic status in their own times, and their lasting legacies in our time. Readers will encounter fascinating individuals devoted to the pursuit of power (Richard III), to freedom (Robert the Bruce), to philosophy and religion (Maimonides Thomas More), and to the arts (Dante Hildegard of Bingen). Additional chapters explore life in the medieval castle and the advent of siege warfare—two defining developments in the Middle Ages.
Eugenius IV, Pope of Christian Union
 Author: Gill Joseph, SJ Eugenius IV, Pope of Christian Union Burns & Oates 1962 Format: PDF Size: 9.52 mb Language: English
Byzantium Confronts the West, 1180-1204
 Author: Charles M. Brand Byzantium Confronts the West, 1180-1204 Harvard University Press 1968 Format: PDF Size: 18,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 416 At the death of emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1180, the Byzantine Empire appeared to be a solidly constructed state; in 1204, barely a quarter century later, Constantinople fell to the forces of the Fourth Crusade. Brand analyzes the internal and external pressures which beset Byzantium: the tyranny of Andronicus I comnenus, the incapable Angeli emperors, the pressure of Turks and Bulgarians, and especially the onslaught of the vigorous West. Attacks and threats from Normans, Frederick Barbarossa, and his son Henry VI, and eventually the Fourth Crusaders were reinforced by commercial pressure from Venice, Genoa and Pisa.
Viking Age England
 Author: Julian D. Richards Viking Age England The History Press 2013 ISBN: 0752428888 Format: PDF Size: 5,1 МБ Language: English Pages: 249 This book is about the development of Anglo-Saxon England from AD 800 until the Norman Conquest. It is an introduction to the subject of the Vikings in England. From shortly before AD 800 until the Norman Conquest, England was subject to raids from seafaring peoples from Scandinavia—the Vikings. However, they were not only raiders but also traders and settlers. Using the latest archaeological evidence, the author reassesses the Viking contribution to Late Anglo-Saxon England and examines the creation of the new mixed Anglo-Scandinavian identity.
Women in Purple Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
 Author: Judith Herrin Women in Purple Rulers of Medieval Byzantium Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691117802 2004 Format: EPUB Size: 6,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a purely symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. In this exhilarating and highly entertaining account, one of the foremost historians of the medieval period tells the story of how these fascinating women exercised imperial sovereignty with consummate skill and sometimes ruthless tactics. Though they gained access to the all-pervasive authority of the Byzantine ruling dynasty through marriage, all three continued to wear the imperial purple and wield tremendous power as widows. From Constantinople, their own Queen City, the empresses undermined competitors and governed like men. They conducted diplomacy across the known world, negotiating with the likes of Charlemagne, Roman popes, and the great Arab caliph Harun al Rashid.
Medieval Warfare: A History
 Author: Maurice Keen Medieval Warfare: A History Oxford University Press 1999 Format: EPUB Pages: 352 Size: 14 Mb Language: English The medieval period was a singular epoch in military history--an age profoundly influenced by martial ideals, whose very structure of society was organized for war, and whose leaders were by necessity warriors. Now, the richly illustrated Medieval Warfare illuminates this era, examining over seven hundred years of European conflict, from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the middle ages.
French medieval armies 1000-1300
 French medieval armies 1000-1300 (Men-at-Arms series 231) Osprey Publishing Ltd 1991 Format: Pdf Size: 7 Mb Language: English
Latin for Local History: An Introduction
 Author: Eilen A. Gooder Latin for Local History: An Introduction Longman Group United Kingdom 1978 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 10,2 mb Language: English Pages: 147 Latin for Local History provides a self-teaching guide for those historians who wish to tackle the language in which the majority of pre-eighteenth century historical records have been written. It is unique in dealing only with Latin found in historical records of the medieval period. Practice material and exercises are provided in the form of documents most commonly encountered by the historian in their research - deeds, charters, court rolls, accounts, bishops' registers and so on.
Byzantium and Venice A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations
 Author: Donald M. Nicol Byzantium and Venice A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521428947 1992 Format: PDF Size: 14,3 МБ Language: English Pages: 480 This book traces the diplomatic, cultural, and commercial links between Constantinople and Venice from the foundation of the Venetian Republic to the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. It aims to show how, with the encouragement of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Venetians came to dominate first the Genoese and thereafter the whole Byzantine economy. At the same time, the author points to those important cultural and, above all, political reasons why the relationship between the two states was always inherently unstable.
Theodore Spandounes On the Origins of the Ottoman Emperors Hardcover
 Author: Donald M. Nicol Theodore Spandounes On the Origins of the Ottoman Emperors Hardcover Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521585104 1997 Format: PDF Size: 28,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 192 The Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal expansion of the Ottoman Empire thereafter produced a ready market in the West for works about the origins, history and institutions of the Turks. Theodore Spandounes, himself of a Greek refugee family from Constantinople who had settled in Venice, was one of the first to publish such a work. Its final version, published in 1538, was written in Italian. This book offers the first English translation of the complete text, with a historical commentary and explanatory notes.
The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies
 The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies (Oxford Handbooks) Author: composite authors Oxford University Press 2009 Pages: 1050 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 53.6 Mb The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies presents discussions by leading experts on all significant aspects of this diverse and fast-growing field. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Its centre was the city formerly known as Byzantium, refounded as Constantinople in 324 CE, the present-day Istanbul. Under its emperors, patriarchs, and all-pervasive bureaucracy Byzantium developed a distinctive society: Greek in language, Roman in legal system, and Christian in religion. Byzantium's impact in the European Middle Ages is hard to over-estimate, as a bulwark against invaders, as a meeting-point for trade from Asia and the Mediterranean, as a guardian of the classical literary and artistic heritage, and as a creator of its own magnificent artistic style.
Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204
 Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204 Author: John Haldon Routledge 1999 Pages: 400 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 2.3 Mb Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World is the first comprehensive study of warfare and the Byzantine world from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the Byzantine Empire are explored to set warfare in its geographical as well as historical context. In addition to the strategic and tactical evolution of the army, this book analyses the army in campaign and in battle, and its attitudes to violence in the context of the Byzantine Orthodox Church. The Byzantine Empire has an enduring fascination for all those who study it, and Warfare, State and Society is a colourful study of the central importance of warfare within it.
Warrior Cults. A history of Magical Mystical and Murderous Organizations
 Author: Paul Elliott Warrior Cults. A history of Magical Mystical and Murderous Organizations Blandford Press 1995 Format: PDF Pages: 216 Language: English Size: 36.1 MB Today's terrorists are not new. Terror, murder, and stealth have always flourished in close-knit, blindly obedient cults. In fact, the very word "assassin" has its origins in a medieval warrior cult of the Middle East, while the original Thugs were a secret band who terrorized India in the 19th century. Here is the whole gruesome history of groups that have used loyalty to commit murder and spread terror. Start with the mystery cults of ancient Greece and the secret Roman religion of Mithras with its bloody initiations. Follow the sinister Knights Templar, the Japanese Ninja and Triad clans, and the Chinese Boxer cult that led the famous uprising against the British. Each of these warrior cults had its own strict codes and rituals, yet its motivations may seem strange to modern minds. Today it's more urgent than ever to try to understand, as we attempt to protect ourselves against today's versions, made far more dangerous with the possession of biological, and even nuclear, weapons.
A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820
 Author: John K. Thornton A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 Cambridge University Press 2012 Format: PDF Size: 10 Mb Language: English A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong linkages exist in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social, and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation. Thornton then examines the political and social implications of the encounters, tracing the origins of a variety of Atlantic societies and showing how new ways of eating, drinking, speaking, and worshipping developed in the newly created Atlantic World. This book uses close readings of original sources to produce new interpretations of its subject.
Middle Ages Reference Library vol. 1- 5
 Middle Ages Reference Library vol. 1- 5 Author: J.Knight Gale Group 2001 Pages: 918 Format: PDF Quality: Good Language: English Size: 24 mb Volume 1 – Almanac Volume 2-3 – biographies Volume 4 - Primary Sources Volume 5 - Cumulative Index
A History of the Church in the Middle Ages
 Author: F Donald Logan A History of the Church in the Middle Ages, 2nd edition Routledge 2012 Format: PDF/ePub Size: 16.5 Mb Language: English For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas, as well as for the cogency with which it penetrates at speed to the essentials of a vanished historical epoch, this History of the Church in the Middle Ages deserves a very wide audience indeed.
The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos. Vol.I-II
 Author: R. Anderson, A. Bryer, D. Winfield, J. Winfield The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos Dumbarton Oaks Publications Office 1985 Format: PDF Size: 34.67 mb Language: English The Pontos and its empire of Trebizond (1204-1461) embraced the distinctive Black Sea coastlands, mountains, and pastures of northeastern Anatolia. The importanceof this unusual study is twofold. First, it places the material remains of the medieval peoples of the Pontos in their historical and environmental setting through a sequence of local histories. Second, it is a field record-usually the first and all too often the last-of over three hundred sites and monuments examined by the authors since 1957. They include walled cities, painted churches, cave monasteries, and perilous castles, all of which are covered in extensive photographic documentation with additional plans, maps, drawings, bibliographies, and indices.
Jewish self-government in the middle ages
 Author:Louis Finkelstein Jewish self-government in the middle ages The Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1924 Format: PDF Size: 95,9 MB Language:English A comprehensive history of the constitutional activities of the European Jewish communities during the Middle Ages. Various texts, in Hebrew with English translations, describe the enactments of the different synods.
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