The Knight, the Cross, and the Song offers a new perspective on the driving forces of crusading in the period 1100-1400. Although religious devotion has long been identified as the primary motivation of those who took the cross, Stefan Vander Elst argues that it was by no means the only focus of the texts written to convince the warriors of Western Christianity to participate in the holy war. Vander Elst examines how, across three centuries, historiographical works that served as exhortations for the Crusade sought specifically to appeal to aristocratic interests beyond piety. They did so by appropriating the formal and thematic characteristics of literary genres favored by the knightly class, the chansons de geste and chivalric romance. By using the structure, commonplaces, and traditions of chivalric literature, propagandists associated the Crusade with the decidedly secular matters to which arms-bearers were drawn. This allowed them to introduce the mutual obligation between lord and vassal, family honor, the thirst for adventure, and even the desire for women as parallel and complementary motivations for Crusade, making chivalric and literary concerns an indelible part of the ideology and practice of holy war. Examining English, Latin, French, and German texts, ranging from the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum and Chanson d'Antioche to the fourteenth-century Krônike von Prûzinlant and La Prise d'Alixandre, The Knight, the Cross, and the Song traces the historical development and geographical spread of this innovative use of secular chivalric fiction both to shape the memory and interpretation of past events and to ensure the continuation of the holy war.
Автор: Whittow, Mark Название: Making of orthodox byzantium, 600-1025 ISBN: 0333496019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333496015 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5868.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis from the decline of the Roman Empire, giving an account of the Dark Age economy, society and politics, and the Byzantine response to Christianity. It finishes with a discussion of the successful defence of Asia Minor.
Автор: Daftary Farhad Название: Mediaeval Isma`ili History and Thought ISBN: 0521003105 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521003100 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Until recently, the Isma`ilis were judged almost exclusively on the basis of hostile Muslim and European sources. This volume, written by leading contemporary authorities in the field, sheds a more realistic light on their history.
Originally published in 1940. Chivalry denotes the ideals and practices considered suitable for a noble. The word itself is reminiscent of the aristocratic society of medieval France dominated by mounted warriors. As early as the eleventh century, several different views of chivalric standards and behavior had appeared. During the next four hundred years, these conceptions of the ideal nobleman were developed by and for the feudal ruling class. French Chivalry studies chivalry from the perspectives of both social history and the history of ideas. The first chapter provides readers unfamiliar with medieval history the background required for understanding the chapters on chivalry.
Автор: Kantorowicz, Ernst H. Название: King`s two bodies ISBN: 0691017042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691017044 Издательство: Princeton UP Рейтинг: Цена: 4734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Traces the historical problem posed by the `King`s two bodies` - the body politic and the body natural - back to the Middle Ages. This book demonstrates, by placing the concept in its setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a `political theology.`
Автор: Bellomo M. Название: The Common Legal Past of Europe: 1000-1800. ISBN: 0813208149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813208145 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 4796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a broad history of the western European legal tradition. The author examines the common law of Europe, the ""ius commune"", and its influence on the ""ius propria"", the laws of everyday life. He argues that as Europe`s economic borders crumble, it is time for a new common law.
Автор: Crouch, David (professor Of Medieval History, Professor Of Medieval History, University Of Hull) Название: Chivalric turn ISBN: 0198782942 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198782940 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 18612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Historians have tended to understand medieval conduct through the eyes of Enlightenment historians, seeing superior conduct as `knightly` behaviour, categorising it as chivalry. This book shows what superior lay conduct was in Europe before chivalry, and maps how and why chivalry emerged and redefined superior conduct in the late twelfth century.
Автор: Professor Jacques Le Goff (école Pratique Des Hautes-études En Sciences Sociales In Paris France) Название: Mediaeval civilization, 400-1500 ISBN: 0631175660 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780631175667 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5853.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: aeo Hardback won unqualified acclaim from a wide range of review media. aeo A tour--de--force 1000 year history from Europea s premier historian. aeo A passionate introduction to the period, giving students the full flavour of the millennium. aeo Hardback won unqualified acclaim from a wide range of review media.
Описание: This is the first comprehensive study of the unprecedented range of writings on warfare and knighthood produced in France during the Hundred Years War. Craig Taylor sets the debates in context, challenging modern, romantic assumptions about chivalry and investigating the complexities of cultural representations and expectations of aristocratic warriors.
Описание: The birth of 'New War' in Italy It is easy to consider the Renaissance as a time of enlightenment typified principally by the artistic and scientific genius of Leonardo da Vinci and his peers; but giant leaps forward are never confined to one aspect of society and the application of new ideas is always adapted to various purposes and the meeting of differing objectives. The creation of modern political science by Niccolo Machiavelli is a prime example of how new ways of thinking and doing impacted on the advancement and securing of power. These changes were inevitably accompanied by significant developments in making war more effectively, strategically and tactically-with corresponding advances in weaponry and other equipage. This excellent book considers these developments through the changes to traditional military strategy and the use of infantry, cavalry and artillery, in both open battle and fortification and siege-craft, at the turn of the sixteenth century. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Описание: istorians have tended to understand medieval conduct through the eyes of Enlightenment historians, seeing superior conduct as `knightly` behaviour, categorising it as chivalry. This book shows what superior lay conduct was in Europe before chivalry, and maps how and why chivalry emerged and redefined superior conduct in the late twelfth century.
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