In this magisterial work, Professor Paul Stephenson charts the centuries surrounding this epic shift of power. He traces the cultural, social and political forces that led to the empire being ruled from a city straddling Europe and Asia... Zobraziť viac
Finding resonances between the fourteenth-century trial and contemporary events, Barber's classic account endeavours to tackle the unresolved controversies surrounding the consequences of the trial and includes discussions in the context of new work on... Zobraziť viac
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain. The Knights Templar have an enduring reputation-but not one they would recognize... Zobraziť viac
Publikácia prináša poznanie našej stredovekej minulosti a vychádza z množstva vzácnych informácií archeologických a historických prameňov... / The work of a team of authors brings knowledge of our medieval past and... Zobraziť viac
Autoři statí se soustředili na podobu a tvářnost základních edičních řad, v rámci kterých byly a jsou editovány zejména listiny a listy, jejich vývoj v minulosti, současnosti a perspektivy do budoucnosti... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long... Zobraziť viac
In December 1642, during the Civil War, Parliamentarian troops stormed the magnificent Winchester Cathedral, intent on destruction. Reaching the choir, its beating heart, the soldiers searched out ten beautifully decorated wooden chests resting... Zobraziť viac
A new look at the crusaders, which shows how they pursued long-term plans and clear strategic goals Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have been considered brutish and culturally isolated. It seems unlikely that they... Zobraziť viac
A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation... Zobraziť viac
The sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle Ages Starting in the tenth century from an insecure foothold around Paris, the Capetians built a nation that stretched from ... Zobraziť viac
Four great princes - Henry VIII of England, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent - were born within a single decade. Each looms large in his country's history and, in this book, John Julius Norwich broadens the ... Zobraziť viac
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair´s Very Short Introduction... Zobraziť viac
Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome... Zobraziť viac
Vďaka knihe Objaviteľské plavby a kríza viery z úspešnej knižnej série Ilustrované dejiny sveta sa môžete zúčastniť slávnej Kolumbusovej cesty k brehom Ameriky a iných dobrodružných plavieb, ktoré umožnili európskym námorným národom ovládnuť... Zobraziť viac
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders. Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, ... Zobraziť viac
Anglicky psaná kolektivní monografie obsahuje příspěvky k dějinám antické a středověké astronomie od odborníků z několika evropských zemí. Interdisciplinární kniha propojuje odborné perspektivy historie, geometrie... Zobraziť viac
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A diligent historian and a superb writer’ THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. Zobraziť viac
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics, The Private Lives of the Saints offers an original and fascinating re-examination of life in Anglo-Saxon England. Taking them down from the clouds of their heavenly status... Zobraziť viac
In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio... Zobraziť viac
We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts... Zobraziť viac
