Medieval History 400-1500

Divorce, as we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the grounds of spousal incompatibility...

This collection is dedicated to Patrick Wormald in honour of his long and distinguished contribution to the field of early medieval history. Covering key theses including, kingship, law, image, ideology and culture the collection offers original contributions from an international cast of leading me..

This collection is dedicated to Patrick Wormald in honour of his long and distinguished contribution to the field of early medieval history. Covering key theses including, kingship, law, image, ideology and culture the collection offers original contributions from an international cast of leading me..

This is the first detailed study of the role of the Church in the commercialization of milling in medieval England. Focusing on the period from the late eleventh to the mid sixteenth centuries, it examines the estate management practices of more than thirty English religious houses founded by the Be..

This book comprises eleven essays by an international group of scholars working on topics as diverse as medieval religion, music, art, law, and history. The essays respond to and develop Barbara H. Rosenwein’s work on the history of emotions, and they also examine communities and the construction of..

This volume of essays, based on papers given at a conference on England and Europe in the reign of Henry III, at the University of Wales, Swansea in April 2000, investigates the close political, economic and cultural ties that developed between England and its neighbours during the reign of Henry II..

This title, first published in 1919, comprehensively explores the fabrics of late medieval society. Largely concentrating on the years between the start of the Black Death in 1348 and the end of the fifteenth century, a period in which we see important developments in the character and organisation ..

This title, first published in 1919, comprehensively explores the fabrics of late medieval society. Largely concentrating on the years between the start of the Black Death in 1348 and the end of the fifteenth century, a period in which we see important developments in the character and organisation ..

Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). The study analyses archival documentation to recons..

Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). The study analyses archival documentation to recons..

Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). The study analyses archival documentation to recons..

With contributions from A.C. Spearing, Peter Meredith and Robin Kirkpatrick, this collection deals with medieval notions of heaven in theological and mystical writings, medieval art, poetry and music...