A portrait of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and celebrated knight, is set in a context of the late-fourteenth-century pre-Renaissance era and identifies him as Europe's richest man, a patron of Chaucer, a last leader of the Plantagenet family, and a founder of the Lancastrian Dynasty. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Product Description: Roger Collins provides a comprehensive account of the centuries during which Europe became a new culturally coherent, if politically divided, entity. This third edition of a classic textbook history of early medieval Europe is fully updated, rewritten and revised to take account of the latest scholarship and to improve its literary style...read more

This edition includes a new feature, "Seeing the Middle Ages," as well as over 40 color maps, more than 60 plates (almost all in color), seven figures, genealogies, and appendices of rulers. Students and others who wish to test their knowledge of each chapter will find study questions at www.rosenweinshorthistory.com. The website also reproduces the maps, genealogies, lists of popes and emperors, and glossary found in this edition. Special Combined Price: A Short History of the Middle Ages, third edition may be ordered together with Reading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World at the special discounted price of $85.00 (CDN & US). In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-44260-351-6.

Product Description: The Early Middle Ages of Western Europe, from AD 400 to 1000, was a boiling cauldron which bubbled over and impacted every corner of the world. Organized both by chronology and by geography, this lively book, with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek, dives fearlessly into that confused and confusing period, tracing the history of each century, beginning in North Africa and then proceeding around the Mediterranean Sea to Spain, Britain, France, Germany and the Low Countries, ending in Italy...read more

Product Description: This classic account of the medieval world, from end of the Roman Empire, through the Barbarian Invasions, has been updated. Packed full of new research this is a vital resource for anyone new to medieval history.Best Introductory book in medieval history for 50 years Packed full with new rserach and intepretations Contains moe maps, tables adn illustration...read more

Product Description: The first volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the transitional period between the later Roman world and the early middle ages, c. 500 to c. 700. This was an era of developing consciousness and profound change in Europe, Byzantium and the Arab world, an era in which the foundations of medieval society were laid and to which many of our modern myths of national and religious identity can be traced...read more

Step-by-step instructions illustrate how to recreate some of the crafts and special events of the medieval period, including planning a medieval feast, making invitations, and preparing the food that would have graced a noble's table.

Product Description: Profusely illustrated and redesigned for a new generation of readers, Richard Barber's classic The Reign of Chivalry presents a broad picture of the chivalric world, and shows how chivalry affected or was affected by great social movements, great writers and great events, and analyses the legacy it passed down to later ages...read more

Product Description: This collection of essays in two volumes explores patterns of medieval society and culture, spanning from the close of the late antique period to the beginnings of the Renaissance. In the first volume, the articles unravel the complexities of authority and community, and then turn to the multiple rubrics of behavior which bound and defined medieval societies...read more

Product Description: Taking their inspiration from the work of Thomas N. Bisson, to whom the book is dedicated, the contributors to this volume explore the experience of power in medieval Europe: the experience of those who held power, those who helped them wield it, and those who felt its effects...read more

Product Description: Once regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a time of extraordinary cultural and technological innovation. This entertaining romp through the inventions of the period tells the story of the first appearance of dozens of items and ideas of lasting significance...read more

Product Description: Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more...read more

Product Description: This book explores the causes of the Christian idea of holy war and the nature of the first European colonial settlement in the near east.Explores how the idea of holy war emerged from the troubled Church of the 11th century, and why Jerusalem and the Holy Land were so important to Europeans Follows the progress of the major crusading expeditions down to 1336, and offers insights into their continuing failure, charting the development of new attitudes towards Islam and the Muslims Covers the first European settlement in the Near East, looking at the hybrid society created by the Crusades in the East ¿ its art and architecture, legal systems, economy and political institutions Uses the most recent research to provide a broad-ranging account of a topic of vital importance for the study of the past and the understanding of the presen...read more

Product Description: In medieval England and elsewhere in northwestern Europe the moot or assembly represented the first resort to law and government. An institution, through which a free man could obtain judgment and recompense, defend himself or seek to change the law, it encapsulated many of the features that today distinguish judicial and political process in north-western Europe...read more

Examines the historical facts and myths behind the best-selling novel, including discussions on the Templars, the Holy Grail, and the 'Apocryphal Gospels'; a tour guide to sites of interest; and reviews of sources used by the author.

Showing what art reveals about historical civilizations and how history is portrayed through the art and architecture that remains, this title focuses on a significant period of events, politic, culture and every day life. It supports the QCA schemes of work for history at Key Stage 2 and 3, with relevance to the art curriculum at Key Stage 3.

Introduces the highlights of medieval history and society throughout the world, from the Byzantine Empire to the explorers of the late fifteenth century, with links to the Internet for further information.

Product Description: The relationship between the Late Middle Ages and the beginning of modern times is still being controversially discussed. Some view the 14th and 15th century as a period of decline, others emphasize this era's formative and innovative role in modern times...read more

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Beginning with approximately 100 core essays from Salem's acclaimed Chronology of European History (1997) and Great Events from History: North American Series (1997), Great Events from History: Ancient and Medieval Series (1972), and Great Events from History: Modern European Series (1973), this set adds more than 220 new essays for a set that is 70 percent new...read more

Product Description: A Short History of the Middle Ages Volume II is an affordable, succinct narrative overview of medieval history from c.900 to c.1500. Each chapter covers a "slice of time" and integrates culture, politics, art, economics, and social issues...read more

Recalls the history and everyday life of London in the Middle Ages, from disease and plague to relics and jousts.

Product Description: Was there a discernible set of changes in the techniques of arable farming, animal husbandry and their associated technologies at the end of antiquity which marked a clear break with an established 'ancient world economy' and ushered in the 'new agricultures' of the early middle ages? Were such changes not already visible in antiquity? And what was the impact of political, economic, social and environmental change in these processes? The 6 papers in this volume reject simple evolutionary models charting progress from "protohistory" to the "Roman period" to the "Dark Ages" to the "Middle Ages" and insisted rather on the notion of inheritance, so that the farming economy laid down in protohistoric times continued to exist during the early Middle Ages...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)