Bücher der Reihe The Medieval World

Part of the "Medieval World" series, this text examines the role of English noblewomen in the later Middle Ages, covering such areas as marriage, the household, lifestyle and travel, estates and revenue, lordship and patronage and religious practices.

The late-medieval Mediterranean world was dominated by half a dozen powerful empires, yet the conflict between the kings of Aragon-Catalonia and the counts of Anjou-Provence, which this book describes, involved the fates of the whole of the Mediterranean and shaped the history of Western Europe.

Offers a re-appraisal of Charles the Bald's achievement in his own time, and also explains why Charles, in spite of himself, can be seen as the maker of France.

The Germanic Invasions of the fifth century brought about the collapse of the Roman Empire. 'The Barbarian Invasions' will change the way we think about those Dark Ages, looking at the Barbarians themselves rather than just their impact on the Roman empire.

In this ambitious history of lawlessness and legal retribution in medieval Europe, Trevor Dean ranges widely across the continent - and Britain. He uses court records to illuminate the lives of ordinary men and women, who often found themselves at the sharp end of the law.

Places Margery Kempe in the context of the society of late-medieval Kings. This book contains an exploration of Margery's spirituality.

In recent times it has been fashionable to disdain the reign of King Richard I. Serious historians apply differing standards to the history of Richard's reign than popular ones. This study clarifies his position and reign using modern analytical tools.

First glorified as the Saviour of Christendom and then vilified as an enemy of the Church, Charles Martel's career has been written and rewritten from the time of his descendents. This important new study draws on strictly contemporary sources to assess his real achievements and offers new insights into a fascinating period.

A study of the career of St Ambrose (339-397), who was a key figure in the transition of the later Roman Empire into its mediaeval successor, Western Christendom. The text sets Ambrose's life in its full historical and theological context.

Founded upon an unrivalled knowledge of the original sources for the conquest, this is a cogent and lucid analysis of a key medieval subject hitherto largely ignored by historians.

A biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151), regent of France and abbot of one of the most important abbeys in Europe during the time of the Georgian reforms in which the author questions his reputation both as architect of French royal power and of St Denis. In the MEDIEVAL WORLD series.

One of a series of books which looks at prominent figures from the medieval world. This text considers the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. It makes use of a wide variety of sources and provides a reassessemnt of the character and action of the emperor himself and other prominent figures of his reign.

This text aims to provide a balanced portrait of one of the most controversial figures of 13th-century Europe and an assessment of the long-term significance of his career. The author describes how Charles I was able to carve out and control a huge power block in the Mediterranean.

This text sets out to do justice to Philip (II) Augustus as a man and a king and to redress the balance of assessment in relation to his contemporaries.

This text studies the structures of a bastard feudal society in the context of aristocratic power and domination as it was exercised over a period of five centuries or more. A range of specialist studies are brought into focus and their general significance is evaluated.

During his reign (871-899), King Alfred revolutionized the governance of Wessex, advancing the process that would end in the creation of the kingdom of England. This book offers an analysis of Alfred's achievement. In doing so it illuminates the character and meaning of Anglo-Saxon kingship.

Malcolm Barber traces the origins and spread of Cathar dualist ideas, assesses their attraction for contemporaries, and describes the reaction of the ecclesiastical and lay authorities in the form of preaching campaigns, intellectual refutation, crusade, and inquisitorial investigations.