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‘A brilliant book, written with wit and vigour’ MALCOLM GASKILL ‘Absolutely fascinating’ IAN MORTIMER Tabitha Stanmore transports us to a time whe

One of the great epics of Europe's history, the story of the rise and rise of the Capetian dynasty dominates the Middle Ages. Starting in the tenth ce

De complete geschiedenis van een van de machtigste dynastieën aller tijden 'Definitief standaardwerk.' ●●●●● NRC Handelsblad 'Een boeiend "rise and

Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th centur

A volume which examines twelfth and thirteenth century officers and the practices used to regulate them in England, placing them not only within a Bri

As Europe began to grow rich during the Middle Ages, its wealth materialized in the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of ordinary households. Such

Bruges was one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on rich and previously little-

This book demonstrates that women have been and key to understanding processes of development and explores the importance of greater gender equality f

This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. As Bednarski points out

Byzantium linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping traditions and handing down to both Eastern and Western civilization a vibrant legacy. 'The Ox

By examining in detail the material life of pre-industrial people around the world, the author significantly changed the way historians view their sub

Presents an account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, this bo

A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communitie

This book covers the social history of disability in the Middle Ages. By exploring cultural discourses of medieval disability, the volume opens up the

This first book-length study of Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire examines his use of classical Roman constructions of masculinity

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the ideas and practices of justice in Europe underwent significant change as procedures were transformed a

De Hanze heeft een magische klank, een klank van samenwerking, wederzijds vertrouwen, van individuele steden die zich ontplooiden en een internationaa