Medieval History 400-1500

This volume is the first publication to draw upon the mass of information provided by the Historic Towns Atlases in order to explore comparative questions in medieval urban history. The volume addresses the wider question of comparative urban studies, the processes that determined the morphological ..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

L’Hagiographie et l’Iconoclasme Byzantin..

Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages..

This book aims to provide readers with the tools, both conceptual and documentary, to reach informed conclusions as to the existence, nature, importance and uses of magic in medieval society, with a focus on western Europe in the period from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. The key argument is..

To mark the 800th anniversary of the ratification of the Magna Carta by King John at Runneymead, Magna Carta provides the Central and Eastern European perspectives on this monumental document and its impact on the political and legal experiences of freedom, from the medieval period to the present da..

Making England, 796-1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England. Arranged chronologically and thematically, and with a selection of maps and genealogies, it is the ideal book for students of Medieval History and of Medieval England in particular...

Making England, 796-1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England. Arranged chronologically and thematically, and with a selection of maps and genealogies, it is the ideal book for students of Medieval History and of Medieval England in particular...

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French. Only two guides to law French were published , one in 1701 and the other in 1779: both were full of errors ..

In pre-industrial societies in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were more important than the maintenance of soil fertility. Manure really mattered, as without access to biodegradable wastes from production processes or to synthetic agrochemicals, early far..

In pre-industrial societies in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were more important than the maintenance of soil fertility. Manure really mattered, as without access to biodegradable wastes from production processes or to synthetic agrochemicals, early far..

An original and highly accessible collection of essays which is based on a huge range of historical sources to reveal the realities of mens' lives in the Middle Ages. It covers an impressive geographical range xxx; including essays on Italy, France, Germany and Byzantium xxx; and spans the entire me..