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€210.00$288.00
The origin of transcendental thought is to be sought in medieval philosophy. This book provides for the first time a complete history of the doctrine of the transcendentals and shows its importance for the understanding of philosophy in the Middle Ages.
€143.00$196.00
The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.
€177.00$243.00
By analysing cases of Polish involvement in the crusades and collecting traces of the crusading ideology and preaching in Polish sources from the 12th and 13th century, the book makes a valuable contribution to the discussion about the place of Central Europe in medieval Western Civilization.
€161.00$221.00
Using the example of the Saxon jurist Dietrich von Bocksdorf the book examines the legal practice of a jurist and the precise significance of learned jurisprudence in late medieval Germany. It thereby provides new insights into a fundamental change in european history: The emergence of a ...
€110.00$151.00
This book reappraises the historical writings of the seventh-century Spanish bishop Isidore of Seville as a coherent and pastorally-informed programme intended to reconcile the population of Spain to their recent conquest by the barbarian Visigoths.
€215.00$299.00
The twenty-four studies in this volume propose a new approach to framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women, moving beyond today’s standard division of artist from patron.
€195.00$275.00
A richly illustrated volume presenting the latest research on pre-eleventh and post-eleventh-century dress, military dress and textiles. An interdisciplinary approach, combining art history and history of material culture. Free sample fascicle available.
€37.50$49.50
This one-volume survey of history-writing in the Middle Ages contains twelve articles, written by an interdisciplinary group of authors, that discuss the different types of texts that were written, and how modern scholars have approached them.