Medieval History 400-1500

This volume puts Innocent at the centre, bringing together the authorities in the field to give an overarching view of his pontificate, which was very important in terms of the internationalization of the papacy, the internal development of the Roman Curia, the integrity of the papal state and the g..

Popes, Canonists and Texts, 1150–1550..

This is a detailed description of the various Sufi orders and movements which entered into the Balkans, into the Crimean peninsula and other parts of Eastern Europe following the Ottoman conquests...

Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty figures from all walks of life in Eastern Europe from 800 to 1250, giving an insight into medieval life from Scandinavia to Byzantium. Accompanied by an interactive companion website, it is the perfect teaching aid to suppo..

Since the time of Francis of Assisi, a commitment to voluntary poverty has been a controversial aspect of religious life. This volume explores the interaction between poverty and religious devotion in the mendicant orders between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries as reformers within the Church ..

A key theme in this collection of thirteen essays is the creative tension between the Carolingian dynasty and its aristocratic followers across 250 years. The first section explores the rising dynasty's attempts to consolidate its power through war and rewards. The second section focuses on the exer..

A thriving port, a frontier base for the lords of Gower and a multi-cultural urban community, the south Wales town of Swansea was an important centre in the Middle Ages, at a nexus of multiple identities, cultural practices and configurations of power. This inter-disciplinary collection takes mediev..

This book explores a neglected yet significant period of crusading preaching, 1305-1352. It focuses on the efforts of the first four Avignon popes to organise preaching campaigns to the Eastern Mediterranean and on the role of the secular and regular clergy in their implementation. The volume deals ..

Producing Christian Culture takes as its thread the 'interpretative genres' within which medieval people engaged with the Bible. Contributors to the volume present specific material as a case study illustrative of a specific genre, whether devotional, homiletical, scholarly, or controversial. The ch..

The subject of this volume is the relationship between production and consumption, considered not only as the supply and demand sides of economic life, but within the broader context of the societies of the Low Countries between the 12th and the 16th centuries. Amongst the topics covered are the rea..

Gambling is a fascinating subject which for many centuries has attracted public interest. Yet, despite its ubiquity, gambling leads a marginal existence within the boundaries of scholarly research. This title promotes a historical understanding of the subject enriched with a diverse academic approac..

Reflecting the focus but also range of their honorand's work in medieval canon law in the era before Gratian, the essays in this volume explore the creation and transmission of canonical texts and the motives of their compilers. They also address the issues of how the law was interpreted and used by..