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The Medieval World (Paperback, 2nd edition): Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelson, Marios Costambeys The Medieval World (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelson, Marios Costambeys
R1,860 Discovery Miles 18 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors to The Medieval World seek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period. This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the 'esprit laique' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts: 1. Identities, Selves and Others 2. Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order 3. Power and Power Structures 4. Elites, Organisations and Groups The Medieval World presents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject.

The Medieval World (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelson, Marios Costambeys The Medieval World (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelson, Marios Costambeys
R6,350 Discovery Miles 63 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors to The Medieval World seek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period. This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the 'esprit laique' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts: 1. Identities, Selves and Others 2. Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order 3. Power and Power Structures 4. Elites, Organisations and Groups The Medieval World presents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject.

Documentary Culture and the Laity in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover, New): Warren Brown, Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes,... Documentary Culture and the Laity in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover, New)
Warren Brown, Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Adam Kosto
R3,578 Discovery Miles 35 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many more documents survive from the early Middle Ages than from the Roman Empire. Although ecclesiastical archives may account for the dramatic increase in the number of surviving documents, this new investigation reveals the scale and spread of documentary culture beyond the Church. The contributors explore the nature of the surviving documentation without preconceptions to show that we cannot infer changing documentary practices from patterns of survival. Throughout Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages - from North Africa, Egypt, Italy, Francia and Spain to Anglo-Saxon England - people at all social levels, whether laity or clergy, landowners or tenants, farmers or royal functionaries, needed, used and kept documents. The story of documentary culture in the early medieval world emerges not as one of its capture by the Church, but rather of a response adopted by those who needed documents, as they reacted to a changing legal, social and institutional landscape.

Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy - Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, c.700-900 (Paperback):... Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy - Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, c.700-900 (Paperback)
Marios Costambeys
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome, the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally, the region's history in the early Middle Ages revolves around the rise of the papacy as a secular political power. But Farfa's avoidance of domination by the pope throughout its early medieval history, despite one pope's involvement in its early establishment, reveals that papal aggrandizement had strict limits. Other parties - local elites, as well as Lombard and then Carolingian rulers - were often more important in structuring power in the region. Many were also patrons of Farfa, and this book reveals how a major ecclesiastical institution operated in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and a player in its own right.

Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy - Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, c.700-900 (Hardcover,... Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy - Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, c.700-900 (Hardcover, New)
Marios Costambeys
R3,274 Discovery Miles 32 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome, the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally, the region's history in the early middle ages revolves around the rise of the papacy as a secular political power. But Farfa's avoidance of domination by the pope throughout its early medieval history, despite one pope's involvement in its early establishment, reveals that papal aggrandizement had strict limits. Other parties - local elites, as well as Lombard and then Carolingian rulers - were often more important in structuring power in the region. Many were also patrons of Farfa, and this book, the first detailed study of the abbey in the early middle ages, reveals how a major ecclesiastical institution operated in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and a player in its own right.

The Carolingian World (Hardcover, New): Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon Maclean The Carolingian World (Hardcover, New)
Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon Maclean
R3,054 Discovery Miles 30 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe - from the English Channel to central Italy and northern Spain, and from the Atlantic to the fringes of modern Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. As the largest political unit for centuries, the empire dominated the region and left an enduring legacy for European culture. This comprehensive survey traces this great empire's history, from its origins around 700, with the rise to dominance of the Carolingian dynasty, through its expansion by ruthless military conquest and political manoeuvring in the eighth century, to the struggle to hold the empire together in the ninth. It places the complex political narrative in context, giving equal consideration to vital themes such as beliefs, peasant society, aristocratic culture and the economy. Accessibly written and authoritative, this book offers distinctive perspectives on a formative period in European history.

The Carolingian World (Paperback, New): Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon Maclean The Carolingian World (Paperback, New)
Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes, Simon Maclean
R1,002 R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Save R174 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe - from the English Channel to central Italy and northern Spain, and from the Atlantic to the fringes of modern Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. As the largest political unit for centuries, the empire dominated the region and left an enduring legacy for European culture. This comprehensive survey traces this great empire's history, from its origins around 700, with the rise to dominance of the Carolingian dynasty, through its expansion by ruthless military conquest and political manoeuvring in the eighth century, to the struggle to hold the empire together in the ninth. It places the complex political narrative in context, giving equal consideration to vital themes such as beliefs, peasant society, aristocratic culture and the economy. Accessibly written and authoritative, this book offers distinctive perspectives on a formative period in European history.

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