A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe
A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 1351589164

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A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe uses a wide range of both primary and secondary sources to chart the history of Britain and Western Europe, with reference to the Celtic world, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and North America. Extending from the middle of the fifth century to the Norman Conquest in 1066, the book is divided into five chronologies that present the day-to-day developments of events such as the fall of Rome, the Viking invasion and the military campaigns of King Alfred, as well as charting the cult of the mysterious ‘King Arthur’. Timothy Venning’s accompanying introduction also provides a discussion of the different types of sources used and the development of sources and records throughout these centuries. Tying together the political, cultural and social elements of early medieval Western Europe, this chronology is both detailed and highly accessible, allowing students to trace this complex period and providing them with the perfect reference work for their studies.

A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe, 450-1066
A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe, 450-1066

Author: Timothy Venning

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138189737

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A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe charts the history of Britain and Western Europe with reference to the Celtic world, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and North America, from the middle of the fifth century to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Tying together political, cultural and social elements it is an ideal reference work for students.

The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin: Volume 1, 450–1066
The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin: Volume 1, 450–1066

Author: Carolinne White

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-01-31

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 1316953157

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This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period AD 450–1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context.

Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300
Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300

Author: Ian Heath

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-04-05

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1326256521

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This is a reprint of the 1989 second edition of this book in our "Armies and Enemies" series. It includes details of armies from Andalusia, Bulgaria, England, Estonia, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Ordensstaat of the Teutonic Knights, the Earldom of Orkney, the Papal State, Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, the Low Countries, Kievan Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland, Serbia, Sicily, Spain, Venice, Wales and Wendland.

Origin Legends in Early Medieval Western Europe
Origin Legends in Early Medieval Western Europe

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-07-25

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 900452066X

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This volume contains work by scholars actively publishing on origin legends across early medieval western Europe, from the fall of Rome to the high Middle Ages. Its thematic structure creates dialogue between texts and regions traditionally studied in isolation.

Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great

Author: Richard Abels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1317900405

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This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's victories on the battlefield and his sweeping administrative innovations not only preserved his native Wessex from viking conquest, but began the process of political consolidation that would culminate in the creation of the kingdom of England. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England strips away the varnish of later interpretations to recover the historical Alfredpragmatic, generous, brutal, pious, scholarly within the context of his own age.

The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, 1066-c.1280
The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, 1066-c.1280

Author: Barbara F. Harvey

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 019873140X

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This volume provides a readable account of the history of the British Isles from the Norman Conquest of England to the eve of the Welsh rebellion against Edward I in 1282. In six detailed chapters, contributors consider the fundamental changes that occurred in political structure, ecclesiastical landscape, and social and economic life.

A Companion to the Early Middle Ages
A Companion to the Early Middle Ages

Author: Pauline Stafford

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-03-26

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 1118499476

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Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. A collaborative history from leading scholars, covering the key debates and issues Surveys the building blocks of political society, and considers whether there were fundamental differences across Britain and Ireland Considers potential factors for change, including the economy, Christianisation, and the Vikings

Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages
Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages

Author: Clifford J. Rogers

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0313042012

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The most dangerous arms in the world are those of horse and lance, because there is no means of stopping them, wrote a 15th-century commander, Jean de Bueil. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the 15th century, the men (and a few women in disguise) who reported for military service or who led other men, scouted and skirmished, plundered and burned. If they did not slaughter the peasants they met, they took them prisoner to be sold as slaves or ransomed at heavy cost. It was a brutal time. Rogers illuminates the history of medieval soldiers in wartime and in peacetime, describing the lives of those who attacked, and those who defended, the fortified castles, towns, and lands of Europe and beyond in the Middle Age.