First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fortified in the Byzantine style. Due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean, Rhodes was...
Filled with information and lore, mappae mundi present an encyclopaedic panorama of the conceptual "landscape" of the middle ages. Previously objects of study for cartographers and...
This colelction of twelve original essays by European and American scholars, offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage, children, and family ties.
This volume covers the rise and fall of the Crusader states, the expansion of the Mongol empire, the rise of the Mamluk sultanate and of its ultimate conquerors, the Ottomans.
L'expression de " Moyen Age " au sens de période intermédiaire, n'a véritablement de signification (et encore !) qu'en ce qui concerne l'Europe occidentale. Toutefois, durant le millénaire...
In 1185, the 32-year- old Constance of Sicily, a princess with the most magnificent dowry Europe has ever seen, was betrothed to the 21-year-old Henry, cold-hearted son of the great German...
Is the glorified reputation of the chivalrous, loyal, virtuous, and larger-than-life Knight actually true, or were they simply ambitious power-hungry opportunists? Hopkins compares the...
A remarkably vivid account of the First Crusade, which began in 1095, opens a window on one of history's most bizarre adventures, during which ordinary people changed the course of history....
02 Part travelogue/part historical mystery about the most famous traveler--and chronicler-- in medieval Europe.Giles Milton's first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is a fascinating account...
In this work, Robert Payne brings life to the Crusades that founded vast kingdoms in Palestine nearly 1000 years ago. It is a story of battles and valour, greed and piety, folly and baseness...
On his long journey home from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart--one of history's most powerful and romantic figures--was ship-wrecked near Venice in the Adriatic Sea. Forced to make...
De Romeinen, de Franken en de Noormannen noemden het Nederlandse kustgebied ‘Frisia’. Zeeland, Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Oost-Friesland: het viel allemaal onder die verzamelnaam. In ‘De...
In de late middeleeuwen (1000-1500) trokken miljoenen Europeanen als pelgrim naar heilige plaatsen. Bij het graf van een heilige baden zij om vergeving van hun zonden, om gezondheid, om...
Magie en wetenschap, Vlaanderen en Voorne, geloof en rede, weelde en wellust, de strijd om Jeruzalem en Zeeland. Tussen dit alles schrijft Jacob van Maerlant, de belangrijkste Nederlandse...
Throughout the Middle Ages people travelled to Palestine in very large numbers. The men - women were very few and far between - that travelled to what was felt to be the centre of the world...
Il y a tout juste neuf siècles, le pape Urbain II lançait l'appel à la croisade qui allait jeter sur les routes de l'Orient des dizaines de milliers d'hommes venus de toute l'Europe. Le prix...
As a major advance in the study of medieval piety the interrelationship between the veneration of relics and of the Eucharistic Host is presented here for the first time. Traced through...
King Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, the Holy Grail, Lancelot, and Guinevere--these names are some of the most recognizable and evocative in the cultural heritage of the West. They...
The second book in a fascinating series by Vatican historian Barbara Frale. The Knights Templar - the most powerful religious-military order of the Middle Ages - almost certainly looked...
Throughout the Middle Ages people travelled to Palestine in very large numbers. The men - women were very few and far between - that travelled to what was felt to be the centre of the world...
