Medieval world, 

Название: Cambridge companion to constantinople
ISBN: 110870557X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108705578
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book describes Constantinople between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries. It discusses practical matters of urban infrastructure together with the administrative, social, and cultural institutions that gave the city life. It examines visitors` encounters with one of the great cities of the middle ages.

Автор: D`Amato Raffaele
Название: The Varangian Guard 988–1453
ISBN: 1849081794 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849081795
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Описание: The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. The Varangians wore mixtures of their native clothing and armour together with a splendid formal Byzantine uniform. This title offers an insightful look at this legendary guard units of the medieval world.

Автор: Emanuele Conte, Laurent Mayali
Название: A Cultural History of Law in the Middle Ages
ISBN: 1350368334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350368330
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: In 500, the legal order in Europe was structured around ancient customs, social practices and feudal values. By 1500, the effects of demographic change, new methods of farming and economic expansion had transformed the social and political landscape and had wrought radical change upon legal practices and systems throughout Western Europe. A Cultural History of Law in the Middle Ages explores this change and the rich and varied encounters between Christianity and Roman legal thought which shaped the period.

Evolving from a combination of religious norms, local customs, secular legislations, and Roman jurisprudence, medieval law came to define an order that promoted new forms of individual and social representation, fostered the political renewal that heralded the transition from feudalism to the Early Modern state and contributed to the diffusion of a common legal language. Drawing upon a wealth of textual and visual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Middle Ages presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.

Автор: D`Amato Raffaele
Название: Byzantine Naval Forces 1261–1461
ISBN: 1472807286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472807281
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Описание: Drawing upon early literary sources, the evidence of period illuminated manuscripts, frescoes and other iconography, this book details the lasting legacy of the swansong of Byzantine naval power.

Автор: Turnbull, S.r.
Название: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1)
ISBN: 1841765570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841765570
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Описание: The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. This work tells the history of spectacular fortresses from their inception through to their eventual decline and fall.

Автор: Turnbull, Stephen
Название: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2)
ISBN: 1841767123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841767123
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Описание: Following on from Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) which looked at the red-brick castles of Prussia, this second volume focuses on the stone castles of the Baltic states that are now Latvia and Estonia. In the 12th century a military order, the Brethren of the Sword, was founded to provide protection for Christian priests and missionaries who were spreading Christianity among the Baltic states. However, their actions soon went beyond this with attacks on the indigenous population and campaigns against encroaching neighbours such as Lithuania and Russia. This book details the origins, development and history of this order which later became incorporated into the Teutonic Knights. In particular Stephen Turnbull looks at the development of fortifications established to consolidate their conquests, their defensive features, how they operated and how they adapted to changes in the way warfare was carried out, such as the increased importance of gunpowder. Full of photos, illustrations, plans and reconstruction drawings by Peter Dennis.

Автор: Richards, John
Название: Landsknecht Soldier 1486–1560
ISBN: 1841762431 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841762432
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Описание: This volume reveals the true-life experiences of a Landsknecht and one of his arch-enemies, the "Schweizer" using first-hand accounts to give a real "soldier`s-eye view". The book studies the habits and working life of a Landsknecht, in a time when there was no such thing as a military career.

Автор: Grant Neil
Название: The Medieval Longsword
ISBN: 147280600X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472806000
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This illustrated guide to the medieval longsword draws on both period sources and the latest research to tell the full story of one of Europe's most iconic medieval weapons.

The formidable European longsword--featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands--remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged weapons of the late medieval era. Also known as the "bastard" sword and the "hand-and-a-half" sword, the longsword evolved from the war swords and great swords of the 14th century, and emerged as a battlefield weapon in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. It went on to become a key weapon on the battlefields of late medieval Europe, creating a new system of sword fighting.

Drawing together period sources, modern technical analysis, and his own experiences with the longsword, Neil Grant explores the origins, manufacture, and evolving use of this iconic late-medieval edged weapon. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned full-color artwork and an array of period illustrations and close-up photographs, this is the enthralling story of one of late-medieval Europe's most distinctive and deadly close-combat weapons.

Автор: Krause Stefan
Название: Freydal. Medieval Games. The Book of Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I
ISBN: 3836576813 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783836576819
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Описание: Named after Maximilian I`s literary alter ego, Freydal is the largest extant tournament book of the Late Middle Ages, inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World program. This publication from Vienna`s Kunsthistorisches Museum commemorates the 500th anniversary of Maximilian`s death, combining for the first time all 255 gold- and silver-...

Автор: Pawel Kras, Tomasz Galuszka
Название: The Beguines of Medieval Swidnica: The Interrogation of the "Daughters of Odelindis " in 1332
ISBN: 1914049128 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781914049125
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Описание: Documents recording the interrogation of sixteen women and the nature of their unusual spiritual practices, now available in a full edition and, for the first time, a full English translation.In September 1332, in the town of Swidnica, an important economic and communication centre of what was then Silesia, a group of sixteen women stood before the Dominican inquisitor, John of Schwenkenfeld, to testify about the local community of beguines, who called themselves the Hooded Sisters or the Daughters of Odelindis. We are fortunate that the original records of this heresy interrogation have survived, preserved as a notarial instrument drawn up shortly afterwards, eventually transferred to the Papal Curia, and now kept in the Vatican Library. The documents provide unique insights into the everyday life and spirituality of this group of lay women, as they attempted to adopt the ideals of vita apostolica. They lived in the strict poverty they thought necessary for spiritual perfection, and took part in austere ascetic practices, including regular flagellation and a strict diet regime, aiming to mortify sinful flesh and help them achieve mystical union with God.Using this evidence, the authors of this book piece together a sense of who these interrogated beguines were and the nature of their spiritual practices. Were they pious illiterates, or self-trained theologians, keenly interested in debates around the doctrine of such intellectuals as Master Eckhart, John Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas? The book also addresses the nature of their interrogation and the conduct of Friar John of Schwenkenfeld. And it contains a full edition and, for the first time, a full English translation of the documents themselves.

Автор: Dickon Whitewood
Название: Shrewsbury 1403
ISBN: 1472826809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472826800
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Описание: The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English armies, well-matched, and fighting with similar equipment and tactics, struggled in an archery duel in which the arrows 'fell like leaves in Autumn', before the battle was ultimately decided in close quarter hand-to-hand combat. With his victory, Henry IV secured the Lancastrian hold on the kingdom and demonstrated the right of his bloodline to the throne.

Using full colour artwork and specially commissioned battlefield maps and illustrations, this is the fascinating story of the battle without which the reign of Henry V, his wars and glorious victories against the French, and the later disastrous reign of Henry VI and subsequent Wars of the Roses could not have happened.

Автор: Kantorowicz Ernst
Название: The King`s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology
ISBN: 0691169233 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691169231
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, "The king is dead. Long live the king." In The King`s Two Bodie