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Violence in Medieval Europe
The European Middle Ages have long attracted popular interest as an era characterised by violence, whether a reflection of societal brutality and lawlessness or part of a romantic …
Medieval Canon Law
It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding "canon law". This book examines its …
The Mongols and the West
The Mongols and the West provides a comprehensive survey of relations between the Catholic West and the Mongol Empire from the first appearance of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan’s armies …
Charles the Bald
This important and long-awaited study is the first full-scale biography of Charlemagne's grandson, King of the West Franks from 843 to 877, and Emperor from 875. Posterity has not …
The English Church, 940-1154
This book discusses the development of the English Church during a rich and turbulent two centuries of European history. It provides a comprehensive survey covering the late …
The Cathars
In the second half of the twelfth century, the Catholic Church became convinced that dualist heresy was taking root within Christian society and that it was particularly strong in …
The Formation of the English Common Law
The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law, one of the classic subjects of medieval history. This much expanded …
Charles I of Anjou
Charles I of Anjou (1225-85), brother of St Louis, was one of the most controversial figures of thirteenth-century Europe. A royal adventurer, who carved out a huge Mediterranean …
Christian–Jewish Relations 1000–1300
This new and revised edition of Christian-Jewish Relations 1000–1300 expands its survey of medieval Christian-Jewish relations in England, Spain, France and Germany with new …
Margery Kempe
Daughter of a mayor of King's Lynn, wife of a burgess there and mother of fourteen children, Margery Kempe (c. 1373-post 1438) was also a religious mystic and hysteric, who …
Europe's Barbarians AD 200-600
'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered 'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources …
The Age of Robert Guiscard
Founded upon an unrivalled knowledge of the original sources for the conquest, this is a cogent and lucid analysis of a key medieval subject hitherto largely ignored by historians.