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Family Law and Society in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era
This volume addresses the study of family law and society in Europe, from medieval to contemporary ages. It examines the topic from a legal and social point of view. Furthermore, …
Warfare in the Global Middle Ages
War, preparation for war, and dealing with war's aftermath consumed the greater part of the surplus resources of societies around the globe throughout the pre-modern period. …
Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», …
Ideas of Power in the Late Middle Ages, 1296-1417
Through a focused and systematic examination of late medieval scholastic writers - theologians, philosophers and jurists - Joseph Canning explores how ideas about power and …
Logic and Language in the Middle Ages
During a career spanning four decades, Sten Ebbesen has produced a body of work which stands as a remarkable and important contribution to the field of medieval philosophy. …
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages
Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be ableand who in some …
Reimagining Christendom
With its expanding legal system and its burgeoning throngs of lawyers, legates, and documents, the papacy of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has often been credited with …
Lordship of Ireland in the Middle Ages
The Lordship of Ireland in the Middle Ages presents a totally new approach to medieval Irish history. Thematic rather than narrative in its treatment, it succeeds in examining the …
Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages
This vivid portrait of everyday life in the medieval Arab world draws on thirteenth century miniatures from collections as far afield as St Petersburg and Istanbul. The wide range …
The Middle Ages Without Feudalism
This volume brings together articles (including two hitherto unpublished pieces) that Susan Reynolds has written since the publication of her Fiefs and Vassals (1994). There she …
Cognitive Science and Medieval Studies
With the rapid development of the cognitive sciences and their importance to how we contemplate questions about the mind and society, recent research in the humanities has been …
Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300-900
Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages presents a cultural history of graphic signs and examines how they were employed to communicate secular and …