Author: C. W. Previté-OrtonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521209625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century
Author: C. W. Previté-OrtonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521209625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History
Author: C. W. Previté-OrtonPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Church and Government in the Middle Ages
Author: Christopher Robert CheneyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521211727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The history of Church and government in England and on the continent of Europe between the eleventh and the early fourteenth centuries is the subject of this volume of essays by twelve historians including scholars as well known as C. N. L. Brooke, R. C. van Caenegem, R. Foreville, S. Kuttner and W. Ullmann. Each essay is concerned with a major historical text (such as Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain) or an important type of historical document (such as the writings of a famous civilian, Master Vacarius). The general theme of Church and government in the Middle Ages is illustrated through the eves of different types of officials - among them English royal justices, Norman bishops, and monastic archdeacons - as well of scholars and thinkers who also served the needs of government both lay and ecclesiastical - such as Gratian of Bologna and the hitherto neglected canon lawyer John Baconthorpe.
Christian Social Witness and Teaching: From Biblical times to the late nineteenth century
Author: Rodger CharlesPublisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852444603
Category : Christian sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The two volume authoritative guide to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. This first volume covers the period from Genesis to Centesimus Annus - Biblical times to the late nineteenth century. There has been a social teaching in the Judaeo-Christian tradition from the beginning, and it has continued to develop in the Christian tradition through the social witness and teaching of the Church through to the present time. Here is the Christian experience from Apostolic times, through the witness of the early Church Fathers and then Christendom in the Middle Ages, and the periods of absolutisms, imperialisms and revolutions in the early modern and modern world down to the end of the nineteenth century. Rodger Charles, S.J. has been researching, lecturing and writing in London, Oxford and San Francisco for over forty years.
The later Roman empire to the twelfth century
Author: Charles William Previté-OrtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle Ages
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Castrum to Castle
Author: J. E. KaufmannPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473895820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A richly illustrated history of military fortifications in ancient and medieval times. For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fortified sites played a key role in European warfare. This highly illustrated history gives a fascinating insight into their design and development and into the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. The study traces the evolution of fortifications starting with those of the Romans and their successors. Included are the defenses erected to resist Islamic invasions and Viking raids and the castles built during outbreaks of warfare. As the authors demonstrate, castles and other fortifications were essential factors in military calculations and campaigns. They were of direct strategic and tactical importance wherever there was an attempt to take or hold territory. The factors that influenced their location, layout, and construction are analyzed in this fascinating book, as is the way in which they were adapted to meet the challenges of new tactics and weapons.
The Living Church
Author: The Present and the Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles
Author: Nicholas EvansPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843835495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Analyses the principal Irish chronicles and proposes that the chroniclers were in contact with each other, exchanging written notices of events. Reconstructs the contents and chronology at different times, showing how the accounts were altered to reflect and promote certain views of history.
Empire
Author: Paul StrathernPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643133934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next the narrative describes how a great deal of Western Classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . . Combining breathtaking scope with masterful narrative control, Paul Strathern traces these connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations—from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest empires: the British, Russo-Soviet, and American. Charting five thousand years of global history in ten lucid chapters, Empire makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.
Commerce and Coalitions
Author: Ronald RogowskiPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691219435
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Why do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, Ronald Rogowski suggests a startling new answer. Testing his hypothesis chiefly against the evidence of the last century and a half, but extending it also to the ancient world and the sixteenth century, he finds a surprising degree of confirmation and some intriguing exceptions.