(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780190090654)
The newest volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States series, Contested Continent recounts the origins of "e;America"e; and how it came to birth the United States. The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most...Loe edasi...
Thomas Asbridge s remarkable new book reveals the global impact of humanity s greatest natural disaster, and the terrible human cost of this calamity.An up-to-the-hour work of scholarship that is at the same time a page turner... Asbridges definiti...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040734988)
The family and its evolution have traditionally occupied a central place in some of the most influential grand narratives of early medieval English and European history. This book undertakes the first extensive study of the family and its place withi...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040490891)
The family and its evolution have traditionally occupied a central place in some of the most influential grand narratives of early medieval English and European history. This book undertakes the first extensive study of the family and its place withi...Loe edasi...
This account of the changing relationship between lords and peasants in medieval England challenges many received ideas about the "e;origins of the manor"e;, the status of the Anglo-Saxon peasantry, the 12th-century economy and the origins of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226845210)
Reveals how art shaped the economy, social order, and legal claims during the rise of capitalism. In the sixteenth century, German goldsmiths played a unique role in articulating property claims and social values. These artisans shaped precious met...Loe edasi...
What do we miss when we see womens agency only through the lens of transgression? What happens when we expand our notion of authorship to include women who were writing books but not necessarily composing original texts? To answer these questions,...Loe edasi...
LEmpire romain dOrient a vu le jour sur les rives du Bosphore, lorsque Constantin, premier empereur chretien, fonda la nouvelle Rome, Constantinople. Pendant un millenaire, dans la continuite avec les institutions romaines, une civilisation brillan...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289480)
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with co...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9781501516818)
Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9781501516788)
Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235156678)
Fairies and Fae are not what you think they are.Before Tinkerbell. Before Disney. Before the flower fairies of Victorian illustration, there were older things in the hills. Beautiful, terrible, operating by their own unforgiving rules, indifferent to...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235699984)
The Sword and the Steppe: A Complete History of the Magyar PeopleFrom the frozen rivers of the Siberian taiga to the sunlit plains of Central Europe, the Magyar people made one of historys most extraordinary journeys, and then did something even mor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837723393)
This is the first scholarly study of Britains oldest pilgrimage site in continuous use, St Winefrides Well. Since the martyrdom of its titular saint in the seventh century, pilgrims have flocked to the shrine in Holywell, north Wales, in search of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837723409)
This is the first scholarly study of Britains oldest pilgrimage site in continuous use, St Winefrides Well. Since the martyrdom of its titular saint in the seventh century, pilgrims have flocked to the shrine in Holywell, north Wales, in search of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691289335)
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the worldIn Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefield by 1440; later in that cent...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691272696)
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the worldIn Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefield by 1440; later in that cent...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674304154)
"e;A must-read."e; -Joel Mokyr, Nobel Prize-winning author of A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern EconomyAn illuminating, fine-grained account of how Indo-Arabic numerals facilitated the spread of practical knowledge in Western Eur...Loe edasi...
This is first full account of the most portrayed figural subject in Anglo-Saxon sculpture: the Crucifixion. It brings together in a single volume a record of every known stone depiction related to the Crucifixion from the pre-Conquest kingdoms, from...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the intersection of nobility, empire and dynastic change and survival through the history of one of Portugal’s most active and enduring aristocratic lineages, the Mascarenhas. Spanning four centuries of service and war, i...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the intersection of nobility, empire and dynastic change and survival through the history of one of Portugal’s most active and enduring aristocratic lineages, the Mascarenhas. Spanning four centuries of service and war, i...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Little, Brown Book Group, ISBN-13: 9781408729854)
1360: Having left her days of rebellion behind, Jeanette of Kent has finally found contentment as a wife and mother. Then, she is delivered a new blow: her beloved husband, Thomas Holland, has died on duty overseas.Though broken, Jeanette readies her...Loe edasi...
A brilliant memoir from the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable ManuscriptsChristopher de Hamel is one of the world s best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where h...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798232792480)
The Peloponnesian War stands as one of the most defining conflicts of the ancient world, a brutal and complex struggle between two of Greeces greatest powers: Athens and Sparta. This book takes readers deep into the political tensions, strategic man...Loe edasi...
What do we miss when we see womens agency only through the lens of transgression? What happens when we expand our notion of authorship to include women who were writing books but not necessarily composing original texts? To answer these questions,...Loe edasi...
The deeds (and misdeeds) of aristocrats, past and present, never lose their appeal, whether on our screens or in real life. But who are they, and why do they matter Forming Aristocracy is the story of the great aristocratic lineages of Europe: famili...Loe edasi...
This book provides a thorough reconsideration of Joan of Arc’s 1431 trial, detailing the canon law of inquisitorial procedure and the ways in which the trial failed to follow the requirements. Kelly analyzes other trials of the time which did f...Loe edasi...
This book provides a thorough reconsideration of Joan of Arc’s 1431 trial, detailing the canon law of inquisitorial procedure and the ways in which the trial failed to follow the requirements. Kelly analyzes other trials of the time which did f...Loe edasi...
When John Duns Scotus arrived at the University of Paris in 1302 he came face to face with a vibrant intellectual community. Every religious order seemed to have a significant thinker active, such as Hervaus Natalis for the Dominicans and Gerard of B...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University Press of Florida, ISBN-13: 9780813074276)
Overturning the myth that medieval marriages were loveless, shown through a close analysis of troubadour poetry and historical recordsMedieval marriages are often understood to have been loveless, due partly to assumptions about arranged matches that...Loe edasi...
