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The Reign of King Henry VI - The Exercise of Royal Authority, 1422-1461 (Hardcover): Ralph A. Griffiths The Reign of King Henry VI - The Exercise of Royal Authority, 1422-1461 (Hardcover)
Ralph A. Griffiths
R3,216 Discovery Miles 32 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

"Cum essem in Constantie...": Raffaele Fulgosio and the Council of Constance 1414-1415 (English, Latin, Hardcover): Martin J.... "Cum essem in Constantie...": Raffaele Fulgosio and the Council of Constance 1414-1415 (English, Latin, Hardcover)
Martin J. Cable
R5,820 Discovery Miles 58 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Cum essem in Constantie, Martin John Cable presents a study of the Padua university jurist Raffaele Fulgosio (Fulgosius) (1367-1427) and his work as an advocate at the Council of Constance in 1414-15. Through the use of archival material and evidence drawn from Fulgosio's works, the book reveals a vivid picture both of teaching practice at a medieval university and the life and output of a working lawyer in early fifteenth-century Italy. The book recreates much of Fulgosio's workload at Constance and his involvement there in debates about representation, imperial and papal power and the Donation of Constantine.

Malleus Maleficarum - The Witch Hammer (Hardcover) (Hardcover): Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger, Montague Summers Malleus Maleficarum - The Witch Hammer (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger, Montague Summers
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Malleus Maleficarum is a seminal treatise regarding witchcraft and demons, presented here complete with an authoritative translation to modern English by Montague Summers. At the time this book was published in 1487, the Christian church had considered witchcraft a dangerous affront to the faith for many centuries. Executions of suspected witches were intermittent, and various explanations of behaviors deemed suspect were thought to be caused by possession, either by the devil or demon such as an incubus or succubus. Kramer wrote this book after he had tried and failed to have a woman executed for witchcraft. Unhappy at the verdict of the court, he authored the Malleus Maleficarum as a manual for other witch seekers to refer to. For centuries the text was used by Christians as a reference source on matters of demonology, although it was not used directly by the Inquisition who became notorious for their tortures and murders.

Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages, The (Hardcover): Gilbert Dahan Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages, The (Hardcover)
Gilbert Dahan; Translated by Jody Gladding
R3,260 Discovery Miles 32 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gilbert Dahan offers a compact overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, then moves to a discussion of the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation. Dahan lays particular emphasis on the shift during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries from a fairly open exchange of views to a concerted Christian effort to convert the Jews. After establishing this context, Dahan analyzes the most common literary genres (including disputatio) in which these arguments were couched, their underlying structures and the most important recurring themes. This volume is particularly useful for its clear delineation of the historical phases of Christian polemicizing, its cogent analysis of key aspects of Christian polemical literature, and its rich citation of illustrative texts. Whether it be shared examination of the sacred texts or impassioned discussion over the theses belonging to each of the two religions, the Judeo-Christian "dispute" continued throughout the Middle Ages, and seems to be carried on in some way even in the Judeo-Christian dialogue of today.

Law and Language in the Middle Ages (Hardcover): Matthew W. McHaffie, Jenny Benham, Helle Vogt Law and Language in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Matthew W. McHaffie, Jenny Benham, Helle Vogt
R4,086 Discovery Miles 40 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Law and Language in the Middle Ages investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages. Contributors are Michael H. Gelting, Dirk Heirbaut, Carole Hough, Anette Kremer, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, Andre Marques, Matthew McHaffie, Bruce O'Brien, Paul Russell, Werner Schafke, and Vincenz Schwab.

Rebel Orkney - Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history (Hardcover): Fiona Grahame Rebel Orkney - Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history (Hardcover)
Fiona Grahame; Contributions by Martin Scott Laird
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall - Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover): Sven Meeder The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall - Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Sven Meeder
R4,373 Discovery Miles 43 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Carolingian period represented a Golden Age for the abbey of St Gall, an Alpine monastery in modern-day Switzerland. Its bloom of intellectual activity resulted in an impressive number of scholarly texts being copied into often beautifully written manuscripts, many of which survive in the abbey's library to this day. Among these books are several of Irish origin, while others contain works of learning originally written in Ireland. This study explores the practicalities of the spread of this Irish scholarship to St Gall and the reception it received once there. In doing so, this book for the first time investigates a part of the network of knowledge that fed this important Carolingian centre of learning with scholarship. By focusing on scholarly works from Ireland, this study also sheds light on the contribution of the Irish to the Carolingian revival of learning. Historians have often assumed a special relationship between Ireland and the abbey of St Gall, which was built on the grave of the Irish saint Gallus. This book scrutinises this notion of a special connection. The result is a new viewpoint on the spread and reception of Irish learning in the Carolingian period.

Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Britain - Essays in Honour of Cynthia J. Neville... Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Britain - Essays in Honour of Cynthia J. Neville (Hardcover)
Sara Butler, K. J Kesselring
R3,324 Discovery Miles 33 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A set of essays intended to recognize the scholarship of Professor Cynthia Neville, the papers gathered here explore borders and boundaries in medieval and early modern Britain. Over her career, Cynthia has excavated the history of border law and social life on the frontier between England and Scotland and has written extensively of the relationships between natives and newcomers in Scotland's Middle Ages. Her work repeatedly invokes jurisdiction as both a legal and territorial expression of power. The essays in this volume return to themes and topics touched upon in her corpus of work, all in one way or another examining borders and boundaries as either (or both) spatial and legal constructs that grow from and shape social interaction. Contributors are Douglas Biggs, Amy Blakeway, Steve Boardman, Sara M. Butler, Anne DeWindt, Kenneth F. Duggan, Elizabeth Ewan, Chelsea D.M. Hartlen, K.J. Kesselring, Tom Lambert, Shannon McSheffrey, and Cathryn R. Spence.

Tales in Context - Sefer ha-ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Hardcover, annotated edition): Rella Kushelevsky Tales in Context - Sefer ha-ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Rella Kushelevsky
R2,406 Discovery Miles 24 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma'asim.

Mediaeval Commentaries on the Sentences of Peter Lombard - Volume 3 (English, French, Latin, Hardcover): Philipp W. Rosemann Mediaeval Commentaries on the Sentences of Peter Lombard - Volume 3 (English, French, Latin, Hardcover)
Philipp W. Rosemann
R7,675 Discovery Miles 76 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The work published in this third, and final, volume of Brill's handbook on the tradition of the Book of Sentences breaks new ground in three ways. First, several chapters contribute to the debate concerning the meaning of medieval authority and authorship. For some of the most influential literature on the Sentences consisted of study aids and compilations that were derivative or circulated anonymously. Consequently, the volume also sheds light on theological education "on the ground"-the kind of teaching that was dispensed by the average master and received by the average student. Finally, the contributors show that Peter Lombard's textbook played a much more dynamic role in later medieval theology than hitherto assumed. The work remained a force to be reckoned with until at least the sixteenth century, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. Contributors are Claire Angotti, Monica Brinzei, Franklin T. Harkins, Severin V. Kitanov, Lidia Lanza, Philipp W. Rosemann, Chris Schabel, John T. Slotemaker, Marco Toste, Jeffrey C. Witt, and Ueli Zahnd.

A Companion to the Philosophy of Robert Kilwardby (Hardcover): Paul Thom, Henrik Lagerlund A Companion to the Philosophy of Robert Kilwardby (Hardcover)
Paul Thom, Henrik Lagerlund
R6,614 Discovery Miles 66 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Kilwardby OP (c. 1215-1279) was a very important and influential thinker in his time, but he has not received the scholarly attention he deserves. In this book we present the first study of all of his philosophical works from logic and grammar to metaphysics and ethics. It contains a substantial introduction about Kilwardby's life and work as well as a comprehensive bibliography. The articles are all newly written by the foremost experts on Kilwardby today. The book should be of interest to any one studying medieval philosophy but foremost for scholars of thirteenth century philosophy. Contributors include Henrik Lagerlund, Paul Thom, Anthony Celano, Alessandro D. Conti, Amos Corbini, Silvia Donati, C.H. Kneepkens, Alfonso Maieru, Jose Filipe Silva and Cecilia Trifogli.

The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity - Volume 5: Tumbling Into the Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Jan M... The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity - Volume 5: Tumbling Into the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Jan M (Author) Ziolkowski
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Companion to Alfred the Great (Hardcover): Nicole G Discenza, Paul E Szarmach A Companion to Alfred the Great (Hardcover)
Nicole G Discenza, Paul E Szarmach
R7,086 Discovery Miles 70 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Eleven major scholars of the Anglo-Saxon period consider Alfred the Great, his cultural milieu, and his achievements. With revised or revived views of the Alfredian revival, the contributors help set the agenda for future work on a most challenging period. The collection features the methods of history, art history, and literature in a newer key and with an interdisciplinary view on a period that offers less evidence than inference. Major themes linking the essays include authorship, translation practice and theory, patristic influence, Continental connections, and advances in textual criticism. The Alfredian moment has always surprised scholars because of its intellectual reach and its ambition. The contributors to this collection describe how we must now understand that ambition.

The Knights Templar in Popular Culture - Films, Video Games and Fan Tourism (Paperback): Patrick Masters The Knights Templar in Popular Culture - Films, Video Games and Fan Tourism (Paperback)
Patrick Masters
R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the Arthurian epic poem Parzival to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the Assassin's Creed video game series, the Knights Templar have captivated artists and audiences alike for centuries. In modern times, the Templars have featured in many narrative contexts, evolving in a range of contrasting story roles: the grail guardian, the heroic knight, the villainous knight, and the keeper of conspiracies. This study explores why these gone but not forgotten warrior monks remain prominent in popular culture, how history influenced the myth, and how the myth has influenced literature, film and video games.

The Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia and Historical Collections in Medieval Rus' (Hardcover): Adrian Jusupovic The Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia and Historical Collections in Medieval Rus' (Hardcover)
Adrian Jusupovic
R3,702 Discovery Miles 37 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The objective of this book is to identify the narrative strategy and chronology applied in The Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia, and to consider whether this source was intended to form part of a historical collection from the beginning. From the early 13th century in Rus', chronicling began to be cultivated in various centres, focusing on the history of the local area, and therefore in this period historiographical material was collected for specific ideological purposes, providing a genesis of the history of the Rus'. By re-working this history, subsequent authors gave their writings a novel quality, albeit one that remained firmly rooted in older historiographic collections. This study offers a fresh new look at the complexities of Rus'ian historiography in the Middle Ages.

The Soldier's Life - Martial Virtues and Manly Romanitas in the Early Byzantine Empire (Hardcover): Michael Edward Stewart The Soldier's Life - Martial Virtues and Manly Romanitas in the Early Byzantine Empire (Hardcover)
Michael Edward Stewart
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thomas Manlevelt - Questiones libri Porphirii (English, Latin, Hardcover): Alfred Van Der Helm Thomas Manlevelt - Questiones libri Porphirii (English, Latin, Hardcover)
Alfred Van Der Helm
R7,079 Discovery Miles 70 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Questiones libri Porphirii is a commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge by the fourteenth-century logician Thomas Manlevelt. It is edited here in full. Not much is known of Thomas Manlevelt, but his work is remarkable enough. Following in the footsteps of William of Ockham, Manlevelt stresses the individual nature of all things existing in the outside world. He radically challenges our conceptional framework. He applies Ockham's razor in a ruthless manner to do away with all entities not deemed necessary for preservation. In the end, Manlevelt even maintains that substance does not exist. In this text early Ockhamism is being pushed to its extremes.

La pathologie du pouvoir: vices, crimes et delits des gouvernants - Antiquite, Moyen Age, epoque moderne (Hardcover): Patrick... La pathologie du pouvoir: vices, crimes et delits des gouvernants - Antiquite, Moyen Age, epoque moderne (Hardcover)
Patrick Gilli
R8,266 Discovery Miles 82 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

FR: Rares mais marquantes ont ete les denonciations et les condamnations des crimes ou des vices des gouvernants. Le volume interroge les formes et les raisons de ces mises en cause, alors meme que les traditions antiques, medievales ou modernes etaient plutot accommodantes envers les abus de pouvoir. EN: Denunciations and convictions of rulers' crimes or vices are uncommon but striking. This volume investigates the forms and reasons for these accusations, even though antique, medieval or modern tradition has tended to be quite accommodating towards the abuse of power.

The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor (Hardcover): Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor (Hardcover)
Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil
R4,227 Discovery Miles 42 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theology and the Incarnation, On the 'Our Father', two separate Books of Difficulties, addressed to John and to Thomas, Questions and Doubts, Questions to Thalassius, Mystagogy and the Short Theological and Polemical Works. The impact of these works reached far beyond the Greek East, with his involvement in the western resistance to imperial heresy, notably at the Lateran Synod in 649. Together with Pope Martin I (649-53 CE), Maximus the Confessor and his circle were the most vocal opponents of Constantinople's introduction of the doctrine of monothelitism. This dispute over the number of wills in Christ became a contest between the imperial government and church of Constantinople on the one hand, and the bishop of Rome in concert with eastern monks such as Maximus, John Moschus, and Sophronius, on the other, over the right to define orthodoxy. An understanding of the difficult relations between church and state in this troubled period at the close of Late Antiquity is necessary for a full appreciation of Maximus' contribution to this controversy. The editors of this volume aim to provide the political and historical background to Maximus' activities, as well as a summary of his achievements in the spheres of theology and philosophy, especially neo-Platonism and Aristotelianism.

Wounds and Wound Repair in Medieval Culture (Hardcover): Larissa Tracy, Kelly DeVries Wounds and Wound Repair in Medieval Culture (Hardcover)
Larissa Tracy, Kelly DeVries
R8,020 Discovery Miles 80 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from images of Christ's wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to graphic accounts of battlefield and tournament wounds-evidence of which survives in the archaeological record-and literary episodes of fatal (or not so fatal) wounds. This volume offers a comprehensive look at the complexity of wounding and wound repair in medieval literature and culture, bringing together essays from a wide range of sources and disciplines including arms and armaments, military history, medical history, literature, art history, hagiography, and archaeology across medieval and early modern Europe. Contributors are Stephen Atkinson, Debby Banham, Albrecht Classen, Joshua Easterling, Charlene M. Eska, Carmel Ferragud, M.R. Geldof, Elina Gertsman, Barbara A. Goodman, Maire Johnson, Rachel E. Kellett, Ilana Krug, Virginia Langum, Michael Livingston, Iain A. MacInnes, Timothy May, Vibeke Olson, Salvador Ryan, William Sayers, Patricia Skinner, Alicia Spencer-Hall, Wendy J. Turner, Christine Voth, and Robert C. Woosnam-Savage.

The War of 1812 - A Captivating Guide to the Military Conflict between the United States of America and Great Britain That... The War of 1812 - A Captivating Guide to the Military Conflict between the United States of America and Great Britain That Started during the Napoleonic Wars (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R662 R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Save R60 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Medieval England - An Enthralling Overview of the English Middle Ages (Hardcover): Enthralling History Medieval England - An Enthralling Overview of the English Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Enthralling History
R685 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R60 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Great Household in Late Medieval England (Hardcover, New): C.M. Woolgar The Great Household in Late Medieval England (Hardcover, New)
C.M. Woolgar
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the later medieval centuries, a whole range of important social, political, and artistic activities took place against the backdrop of the great English households. In this lively book, C. M. Woolgar explores the fascinating details of life in a great house. Based on extensive investigation of household accounts and related primary documents, Woolgar vividly illuminates the operations of great households. He also delineates the major changes that transformed the economy and geography of both lay and clerical households between 1200 and 1500.

In this portrait of aristocratic and gentry life in medieval England, Woolgar describes the roles of family members, the situations of servants, the uses of space within the household, food and drink for daily consumption and for special occasions, furnishing, clothing, arrangements for travel, household animals, cleanliness and hygiene, entertainment, the practices of religion, and intellectual life. The author also analyzes the qualitative and social evolution of great households as definitions of magnificence and conventions of etiquette became increasingly elaborate.

Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies - Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics (Hardcover): Frederic Bauden, Malika Dekkiche Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies - Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics (Hardcover)
Frederic Bauden, Malika Dekkiche
R5,615 Discovery Miles 56 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies offers an up-to-date insight into the diplomacy and diplomatics of the Mamluk sultanate with Muslim and non-Muslim powers. This rich volume covers the whole chronological span of the sultanate as well as the various areas of the diplomatic relations established by (or with) the Mamluk sultanate. Twenty-six essays are divided in geographical sections that broadly respect the political division of the world as the Mamluk chancery perceived it. In addition, two introductory essays provide the present stage of research in the fields of, respectively, diplomatics and diplomacy. With contributions by Frederic Bauden, Lotfi Ben Miled, Michele Bernardini, Barbara Boloix Gallardo, Anne F. Broadbridge, Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi, Stephan Conermann, Nicholas Coureas, Malika Dekkiche, Remi Dewiere, Kristof D'hulster, Marie Favereau, Gladys Frantz-Murphy, Yehoshua Frenkel, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Ludvik Kalus, Anna Kollatz, Julien Loiseau, Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, John L. Meloy, Pierre Moukarzel, Lucian Reinfandt, Alessandro Rizzo, Eric Vallet, Valentina Vezzoli and Patrick Wing.

The Earl - Order of the Broken Blade (Hardcover): Cecelia Mecca The Earl - Order of the Broken Blade (Hardcover)
Cecelia Mecca
R535 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R28 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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