This book offers ideas about the processes of political and cultural change in the early Middle Ages. The main focus is on relations between the centre and periphery of the Carolingian empire in particular on the development of Brittany as a territorial principality in... Lees meer.

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority political events and literate culture this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics cen... Lees meer.

This book offers ideas about the processes of political and cultural change in the early Middle Ages. The main focus is on relations between the centre and periphery of the Carolingian empire in particular on the development of Brittany as a territorial principality in... Lees meer.

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A beautifully illustrated guide to the medieval church towers of the Northern Province of England. Church towers are a prominent feature of the English landscape and stand as a testament to the skill and ingenuity of medieval masons. The Northern Province namely the ec... Lees meer.

The rule of the Angevins in Brittany is characterized usually as opening an isolated Celtic society to a wider world and imposing new and alien institutions. This study of Brittany under the Angevins first published in 2000 demonstrates that the opposite is true. t... Lees meer.

This is a prestigious collection of revisionist thinking on the key question of how did the middle ages begin. . Including a wealth of material on the origins of the Barbarian people and their tribes and a clear introduction to each section this is an invaluable stu... Lees meer.

This prestigious collection of essays by leading scholars provides a thorough reassessment of the medieval era which questions how when and why the Middle Ages began and how abruptly the shift from the Roman Empire to Barbarian Europe happened. Presenting the most cu... Lees meer.

This is a prestigious collection of revisionist thinking on the key question of how did the middle ages begin. . Including a wealth of material on the origins of the Barbarian people and their tribes and a clear introduction to each section this is an invaluable stu... Lees meer.

This book examines the abduction of a medieval Bohemian bishop by heretics and the forced consecration of over one hundred candidates to holy orders. The author clarifies the significance of the kidnapped bishop and his coerced acts of consecration.... Lees meer.

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority political events and literate culture this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics cen... Lees meer.

In 1417 a bishop was kidnapped and held in a remote castle in Bohemia where he was forced to consecrate to the priesthood as many as 100 candidates. These priests belonged to the heretical movement of Hussite reformers. Though well-known amongst specialists this unprec... Lees meer.

This is a political history of Brittany between 1158 and 1203 when it was ruled by the Angevin king of England Henry II and his successors. The book examines the process whereby Henry II gained sovereignty over Brittany and how it was governed thereafter. The rul... Lees meer.

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority political events and literate culture this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March and examines how actively people in Catalonia participated in politics cen... Lees meer.