An incisive introduction to the Teutonic Knights, from crusaders to powerful rulers.

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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation.

The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.

This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history of literature in English. Exploring the period's key authors and genres, the book offers an overview of the riches of medieval writing, with a chronology and guide to further reading.

Canon law touched nearly every aspect of medieval society, regulating marriage, oaths, usury, just war, and of course the clergy. No one interested in the Middle Ages can afford not to understand law. Many medievalists are interested in approaching law, but explanations in non-technical language have previously been difficult to find.

Welcome to the delightful and fascinating world of Old English animals

Eight studies of aspects of C15 England, united by a common focus on the role of ideas in political developments of the time.

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

An investigation of life in the great household of late mediaeval England. Based on household accounts and related primary documents, it looks at the daily routines, weekly and annual patterns, and the life-cycle observances of birth, childhood, marriage, death and burial.

Our impression of late twelfth and early thirteenth century England derives mainly from the work of contemporary historians, such as Roger of Howden, Gerald of Wales, and Gervase of Canterbury. This volume shows how these writers produced their original, engaging histories, exploring the insights they provide into medieval attitudes and mentalities

Edition with English translation of a document shedding huge light on one of the most important figures of her time.

the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen. 'The Hundred Years War ends in England's agonising defeat - but triumph for Jonathan Sumption .

A rich study of what medieval Christianity meant for ordinary people, and how it changed across the middle ages, arguably as profound as changes in the Reformation period, providing a wider context for medieval Christianity by focusing on southern France in a period mainly known for heresy and for the Church's attack upon heresy.

A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England