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aeo The first account of this period for nearly 30 years. aeo Covers the Angevin Empire of Anjou and Normandy. aeo Includes such events as murder of Beckett and Magna Carta.... Læs mere
Beyond the Palio is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining the components and importance of ritual events and ceremonies in Renaissance Siena. * Brings together studies based upon diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to a common theme.
Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities".
A presentation for the non-Welsh speaker of the medieval text of the "Welsh Life of St. David," one of the early Christian missionaries of West Wales.
The focus of this volume is the north of England and its regions in the late medieval period. Concentrating on the north as a centre... Læs mere
This book uses archaeological, historical and literary evidence to capture for the first time the medieval Welsh on the move between the fifth and fifteenth centuries.
An examination of images of the Virgin Mary in medieval theological, philosophical and literary texts. It shows how the figure of Mary... Læs mere
A study of the social and political history of England and Wales in one of its most turbulant periods - that of the 15th and early 16th centuries. The book looks at the ancestors of the present Lord Dynevor, who played a central role in the Wars of the Roses in Wales.
This volume provides a survey of Arthurian works and themes in medieval German and Dutch literature and also examines pictorial representations of Arthurian topics, the impact of Arthurian motifs on real life, and the revival and adaptation of legends.
This volume offers a section of the most important essays published by Emyr Humphreys over a 30-year period. The essays are prefaced by a series of discusssions which explore some of the intellectual concerns and motifs that have recurred throughout Humphreys' work.
This is the first book to explain how Wales was transformed from a kingdom to a principality as the Norman Conquest forged modern Britain.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, a twelfth-century cleric, was the first person to compose a detailed and continuous history of Britain from its origins to the domination of the Anglo-Saxons.... Læs mere