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An original study of the caliphate as a political institution in Islamic Spain, from its inception in 316/939 until the disappearance of the Umayyads in Cordoba in 422/1031. It is grounded not only in documentary sources, but in numismatic evidence as well.
The assumption that the Renaissance was a critical turning-point in the history of Europe is challenged and reassessed in this collection of essays. The... Læs mere
Explores the religious and secular rituals which marked the passage of the year in late-Medieval and early-modern England. The text tells the story of how they altered over time in response to political, religious and social developments, and examines controversial issues.
This history of the city of Wells in the Middle Ages traces its growth from a rural manor into the prosperous borough of the late-12th century and beyond. David Shaw makes use of archives of the city to present the medieval borough in detail.
This is the first full scholarly history of the city-republic of Lucca in the fifteenth century. Thoroughly grounded in the archives, the... Læs mere
In this text, the author sets out to recapture the court culture of western Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. He shows how, despite the pressures of political fragmentation and a nascent awareness of national identity, a common culture emerged in court societies at the time.
This historical investigation reveals the range and scale of the struggle to preserve Christian control of the Holy Land in the decades between the major crusading expeditions of the 12th century.
This study explores the role of art in medieval society, focusing on Anglo-Saxon England from the reign of Alfred the Great to the Norman Conquest.... Læs mere
Peter Biller's innovative study challenges the view that medieval thought was fundamentally abstract. He describes what medieval people 'thought'... Læs mere
Examines in what ways and how far medieval churches were treated as items of property. This book ranges over most of Western Europe, from beginnings in the... Læs mere
In The Curse on Self-Murder, the second volume of his three-part Suicide in the Middle Ages, Alexander Murray explores the origin of the condemnation of suicide, in a quest which leads along the most unexpected byways of medieval theology, law, mythology, and folklore.
A scholarly and detailed but readable presentation of four key texts which shed light on the activity of the Venerable Bede (659-735) and the world of Early Medieval Northumbria.