Writing History for the King is at once a reassessment of the reign of Henry II of England (1133–1189) and an original contribution to our understanding of the rise of vernacular historiography in the high Middle Ages. Charity Urbanski focuses on two dynastic histories commissioned by Henry: Wace's Roman de Rou (c. 1160–1174) and Beno?t de Sainte-Maure’s Chronique des ducs de Normandie (c. 1174–1189). In both cases, Henry adopted the new genre of vernacular historical writing in Old French verse in an effort to disseminate a royalist version of the past that would help secure a grip on power for himself and his children. Wace was the first to be commissioned, but in 1174 the king abruptly fired him, turning the task over to Beno?t de Sainte-Maure.Urbanski examines these histories as part of a single enterprise intended to cement the king’s authority by enhancing the prestige of Henry II’s dynasty. In a close reading of Wace’s Rou, she shows that it presented a less than flattering picture of Henry’s predecessors, in effect challenging his policies and casting a shadow over the legitimacy of his rule. Beno?t de Sainte-Maure’s Chronique, in contrast, mounted a staunchly royalist defense of Anglo-Norman kingship. Urbanski reads both works in the context of Henry’s reign, arguing that as part of his drive to curb baronial power he sought a history that would memorialize his dynasty and solidify its claim to England and Normandy.
Автор: Andreas Fischer, Ian Wood Название: Western Perspectives on the Mediterranean: Cultural Transfer in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 400-800 AD ISBN: 1474269206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474269209 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A high-level scholarly collection of articles on the transmission of knowledge and culture from a Mediterranean world politically fragmented by the fall of the western Roman empire and Islamic expansion into Latin Europe, 400-800 AD.
Автор: Nicholas Scott Baker, Brian J. Maxson Название: Florence in the Early Modern World: New Perspectives ISBN: 1138313300 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138313309 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, within which the experience of Florence remains unique. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of early modern cities and the Renaissance.
Автор: Nicholas Scott Baker, Brian J. Maxson Название: Florence in the Early Modern World: New Perspectives ISBN: 1138313319 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138313316 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 40820.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, within which the experience of Florence remains unique. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of early modern cities and the Renaissance.
Автор: Bachrach Bernard S Название: Warfare in Medieval Europe c.400-c.1453 ISBN: 1138887668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138887664 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 33670.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Warfare in Medieval Europe c. 400-c.1453 provides a thematic discussion of the nature and conduct of war, including its economic, technological, social, and religious contexts, from the late Roman Empire to the end of the Hundred Years’ War. The geographical scope of this volume encompasses Latin Europe from Iberia to Poland and from Scandinavia and Britain to Sicily and includes the interaction between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, particularly in the context of the crusading movement. Bernard and David Bachrach explore the origins of the institutions, physical infrastructure, and intellectual underpinnings of medieval warfare and trace the ways in which medieval warfare was diffused beyond Europe to the Middle East and beyond. Written in an accessible and engaging way and including chapters on military topography, military technology, logistics, strategy and combat, this is a definitive synthesis on medieval warfare. The book is accompanied by a companion website which includes interactive maps of the chief military campaigns, chapter resources, a glossary of terms and an interactive timeline which provides a chronological backbone for the thematic chapters in the book. Warfare in Medieval Europe is an essential resource for all students of medieval war and warfare.
Автор: Sophie Harwood Название: Medieval Women and War: Female Roles in the Old French Tradition ISBN: 1788315197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788315197 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 105600.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: For the first time, Sophie Harwood uses the Old French tradition as a lens through which to examine women and warfare from the 12th to the 14th centuries. The result is a skilled analysis of gender roles in the medieval era, and a heightened awareness of how important literary texts are to our understanding of the historical period in which they circulated. Medieval Women and Warexamines both the text and illustrations of over 30 Old French manuscripts to highlight the ways in many of the texts differ from their traditionally assumed (usually classical) sources. Structured around five pivotal female types - women cited as causes for violence, women as victims of violence, women as ancillaries to warriors, women as warriors themselves, and women as political influences - this important book unpicks gendered boundaries to shed new light on the social, political and military structures of warfare as well as adding nuance to current debates on womanhood in the middle ages.
Автор: Edited By Rory Naism Название: Writing, kingship and power in anglo-saxon england ISBN: 1107160979 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107160972 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 121440.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book brings together new research that represents current scholarship on the nexus between authority and written sources from Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the seventh to the eleventh century, the chapters in this volume offer fresh approaches to a wide range of linguistic, historical, legal, diplomatic and palaeographical evidence.
Название: Writing the early medieval west ISBN: 1107198399 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107198395 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 95040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This innovative collection by fifteen leading scholars re-evaluates the function and significance of the written word in early medieval Europe in light of recent research, setting the field on a new footing and showcasing new directions.
Автор: Michael S. Fulton Название: Artillery in the Era of the Crusades: Siege Warfare and the Development of Trebuchet Technology ISBN: 9004349456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004349452 Издательство: Brill Цена: 189940.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Artillery in the Era of the Crusades provides a detailed examination of the use of mechanical artillery in the Levant through the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Rather than focus on a selection of sensational anecdotes, Michael S. Fulton explores the full scope of the available literary and archaeological evidence, reinterpreting the development of trebuchet technology and the ways in which it was used during this period. Among the arguments put forward, Fulton challenges the popular perception that the invention of the counterweight trebuchet was responsible for the dramatic transformation in the design of fortifications around the start of the thirteenth century.
Автор: Theotokis George Название: Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe ISBN: 0719828732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719828737 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 28600.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Emphasizing the need for urgency, this work assesses the challenges and provides concrete policy recommendations that can be taken by Africa`s leaders and citizens in the key areas to reset their economic trajectory, achieve their desired convergence, and meet the aspirations of their people. The point of departure of this manuscript is where Africa can be 40 years from now.
Автор: Watt Diane Название: Women, Writing and Religion in England and Beyond, 650-1100 ISBN: 147427062X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474270625 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 95040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Women's literary histories usually start in the later Middle Ages, but recent scholarship has shown that actually women were at the heart of the emergence of the English literary tradition. Women, Writing and Religion in England and Beyond, 650-1100 focuses on the period before the so-called 'Barking Renaissance' of women's writing in the 12th century. By examining the surviving evidence of women's authorship, as well as the evidence of women's engagement with literary culture more widely, Diane Watt argues that early women's writing was often lost, suppressed, or deliberately destroyed. In particular she considers the different forms of male 'overwriting', to which she ascribes the multiple connotations of 'destruction', 'preservation', 'control' and 'suppression'. She uses the term to describe the complex relationship between male authors and their female subjects to capture the ways in which texts can attempt to control and circumscribe female autonomy.
Written by one of the leading experts in medieval women's writing, Women, Writing and Religion in England and Beyond, 650-1100 examines women's literary engagement in monasteries such as Ely, Whitby, Barking and Wilton Abbey, as well as letters and hagiographies from the 8th and 9th centuries. Diane Watt provides a much-needed look at women's writing in the early medieval period that is crucial to understanding women's literary history more broadly.
Автор: Krueger, Marcel Название: Babushka`s journey ISBN: 1784538019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784538019 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 20050.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: An evocative blend of past and present on the road to Stalin`s labour camps
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