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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1450, focusing in particular on the innovations in East and South Asia and in Islamicate cultures. With the invention of…

Daniel Wilcox

Louis the Bavarian: Architect of Medieval Power

In the heart of the medieval era, a transformative ruler emerged to reshape the political and cultural landscape of Europe. Louis the Bavarian: Architect of Medieval Power unveils the riveting story of Em…

Yoav Tirosh

How Genre Governs Creation in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas

"This thoughtful and provocative study takes the current debates over genre in Old Norse literature to the next level."---Shaun Hughes, Professor, Purdue University-West Lafayette, USAThis books…

Jeannette Graulau

Medieval Mining and Power in Thirteenth-Century Europe

Studying mine-drainage works of a medieval principality living through times of war, social turmoil, and land reclamation, this book examines the relation between political power and mineral wealth. It ar…

Gordon Mckelvie

Protest, Resistance and Popular Politics in Late Medieval Scotland

Ch 1: Introduction.- Ch 2: The Wars of Independence: Myths and Realities.- Ch 3: Beyond the Wars of Independence: Protest, Confrontation and Popular Politics.- Ch 4: Anticipated Problems and Everyday Form…

How to Ensure Predictability in Legal Pluralism

How did pre-modern merchants provide for predictability in situations of legal pluralism? What kind of practices did merchants use to make other parties act according to their expectations? In spheres of …

Esther Liberman Cuenca

The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval and Reformation England

Drawing on a quantitative analysis of hundreds of printed and archival sources from 77 towns, The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval England is the first cross-regional investigation into the histo…

Anthony Ellis,

Envy, Jealousy and Rivalry in the Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean

Envy, jealousy and rivalry are some of the most universal of human experiences, yet attitudes towards them across different societies and eras show vast cross-cultural variations . This book traces the ev…

Rebecca de Souza

Memories of Colonisation in Medieval and Modern Castile

Memories of Colonisation in Medieval and Modern Castile: Rereading and Refashioning al-Andalus traces the evolving memory of a dominant al-Andalus in medieval Castilian and, later, modern Spanish literatu…

Mediæval Bæbes

The Huntress I + II

‚The Huntress’ ist das achte Studioalbum der sechs Sängerinnen und Musikerinnen, die man als Mediaeval Baebes kennt. Gegründet von Katharine Blake (Ex-Miranda Sex Garden) orientiert sich die Band an engli…

Elena Goldstein

Thomas Aquinas: Pioneer of Scholasticism

Step into the world of the Middle Ages and discover the remarkable journey of Thomas Aquinas-a thinker who forever changed the landscape of philosophy and theology. From the serene halls of Monte Cassino …

Elena Goldstein

Thomas Aquinas: Pioneer of Scholasticism

Step into the world of the Middle Ages and discover the remarkable journey of Thomas Aquinas-a thinker who forever changed the landscape of philosophy and theology. From the serene halls of Monte Cassino …

James Harvey Robinson

Medieval and Modern Times, Part II (Yesterday's Classics)

This is Part II of Medieval and Modern Times, beginning with Chapter XVIII, "France under Louis IV" and continuing through Chapter XXXVI, "The Great War." An engaging history of Europe…

Marius B Hauknes

Art, Knowledge, and Papal Politics in Medieval Rome

"This volume offers a thorough investigation of the fresco cycle-which include allegorical representations of the liberal arts, the virtues and vices, the seasons, the signs of the zodiac, and the mo…

Sián Webb

Material Culture, Communities and Identity in Early Medieval Northumbria, 600-867 CE

This book convincingly argues that the early medieval kingdom of Northumbria existed as a single political entity with a shared culture. Sián Webb makes the case that, while the kingdom itself includes th…

Thor & Friends

Thor & Friends

Caroline Dunn

Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England

Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England examines female attendants who served queens and aristocratic women during the late medieval period. Using a unique set of primary source based statistics, Caroline D…

Philippa of Lancaster and the Court Culture of Medieval Portugal

This contributed volume focuses on Philippa Plantagenet (1360-1415), queen of Portugal for almost three decades, and the complexion of the court. Chapters thoroughly examine the Portuguese royal court in …

Talia Andrei

Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries

Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries is a richly illustrated exploration of large-scale landscape paintings that first appeared in late-medieval Japan, known as pilgrimage mandalas (sankei mandara)…