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The Age of Chivalry: Manners and Morals, 1000-1450by Charles T. WoodISBN 0297747665 (0-297-74766-5)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The Age of Reform 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europeby Steven OzmentISBN 0300027605 (0-300-02760-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Age of Religious Wars, 1559-1689by Richard S. DunnISBN 0297004166 (0-297-00416-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, A.D. 400-600by Christopher A. SnyderISBN 0271017805 (0-271-01780-5)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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The Burdens of Sister Margaret: Inside a Seventeenth-Century Conventby Craig E. HarlineISBN 0300081219 (0-300-08121-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Byzantiumby Tamara Talbot Rice, Margaret ScottISBN 0298178559 (0-298-17855-9)
Hardcover, Hart-Davis Educational
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Byzantium: The Bridge from Antiquity to the Middle Agesby Michael AngoldISBN 0297835963 (0-297-83596-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Castle of Britainby Ron JohnsonISBN 0297795740 (0-297-79574-0)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Celtic Realmsby Myles Dillon, Nora Kershaw ChadwickISBN 0297995804 (0-297-99580-4)
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The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon Englandby Henry Mayr-HartingISBN 0271007699 (0-271-00769-9)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Complete Works of Saint Thomas Moreby Thomas MoreISBN 0300009828 (0-300-00982-8)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of Saint Thomas More'Book summary:Although numbers as Volume 4, this is the second of the Complete Works to appear, following The History of King Richard III. The Latin text is based on the editions of 1516, 1517, and 1518, fully collated and with the variant readings; the parallel English text is a thoroughly revised version of the translation by G. C. Richards. Also included are the letters on the book exchanged by More and his friends, their tributes, and the marginal glosses of the early editions. The text is followed by a commentary on the relation of Utopia to its own age and as it has been interpreted by scholars. The editors' Introduction included an outline of the genesis and composition of Utopia, edited by Father Surtz, will also appear in the Yale Paperbound format. Father Surtz is professor of English at Loyola University, and Mr. Hexter is professor of history at Yale University. Previously announced.[via]More editions of Complete Works of Saint Thomas More:
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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faithby Norman CohnISBN 0300065515 (0-300-06551-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Courtly Desire and Medieval Homophobia: The Legitimation of Sexual Pleasure in Cleanness and Its Contextsby Elizabeth B. KeiserISBN 0300069235 (0-300-06923-5)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europeby James ChambersISBN 0304321885 (0-304-32188-5)
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Dress in the Middle Agesby Perrine Mane, Francoise Piponnier, Caroline BeamishISBN 0300086911 (0-300-08691-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Early Growth of the European Economy: Warriors and Peasants from the Seventh to the Twelfth Centuryby Georges DubyISBN 0297766635 (0-297-76663-5)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Economic Origins of Antisemitism: Poland and Its Jews in the Early Modern Periodby Hillel LevineISBN 0300052480 (0-300-05248-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Emperor Constantineby Michael GrantISBN 0297821385 (0-297-82138-5)
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England's Empty Throne: Usurpation and the Language of Legitimation, 1399-1422by Paul StrohmISBN 0300075448 (0-300-07544-8)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Societyby Bridget Ann HenischISBN 027100424X (0-271-00424-X)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Centuryby Richard KieckheferISBN 0271017511 (0-271-01751-1)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State University Press
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The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261by Helen C. EvansISBN 0300086164 (0-300-08616-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Golden Age of Persia: The Arabs in the Eastby Richard N. FryeISBN 0297768719 (0-297-76871-9)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0292730616 (0-292-73061-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Henry Iby C. Warren Hollister, Amanda Clark FrostISBN 0300098294 (0-300-09829-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry I'Book summary:Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, ruled from 1100 to 1135, a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. This long-awaited biography, written by one of the most distinguished medievalists of his generation, offers a major reassessment of Henrys character and reign. Challenging the dark and dated portrait of the king as brutal, greedy, and repressive, it argues instead that Henrys rule was based on reason and order.[via]
C. Warren Hollister points out that Henry laid the foundations for judicial and financial institutions usually attributed to his grandson, Henry II. Royal government was centralized and systematized, leading to firm, stable, and peaceful rule for his subjects in both England and Normandy. By mid-reign Henry I was the most powerful king in Western Europe, and with astute diplomacy, an intelligence network, and strategic marriages of his children (legitimate and illegitimate), he was able to undermine the various coalitions mounted against him. Henry strove throughout his reign to solidify the Anglo-Norman dynasty, and his marriage linked the Normans to the Old English line.
Hollister vividly describes Henrys life and reign, places them against the political background of the time, and provides analytical studies of the king and his magnates, the royal administration, and relations between king and church. The resulting volume is one that will be welcomed by students and general readers alike.
Heretics and Scholars in the High Middle Ages: 1000-1200by Heinrich Fichtenau, Denise A. KaiserISBN 0271020466 (0-271-02046-6)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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History Of Christianityby Paul JohnsonISBN 0297770802 (0-297-77080-2)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has.
Johnson takes off in the year 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known 'Jesus Sect', A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity - and its trials and tribulations throughout history - has never before been contained in such a captivating work. [via]More editions of History Of Christianity:
The House of Tudorby Alison PlowdenISBN 0297771477 (0-297-77147-7)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Interaction of the sibling Byzantine and Western Cultures in the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance (330-1600)by Deno John GeanakoplosISBN 0300018312 (0-300-01831-2)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus & Modern Historiansby Jeffrey B. RussellISBN 027595904X (0-275-95904-X)
Softcover, Praeger Pub Text
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Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and the Historiansby Jeffrey Burton RussellISBN 0275939561 (0-275-93956-1)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Justinian II of Byzantiumby Constance HeadISBN 0299060306 (0-299-06030-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Kievan Russiaby G. VernadskyISBN 0300016476 (0-300-01647-6)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The King's Body: Sacred Rituals of Power in Medieval and Early Modern Europeby Sergio Bertelli, R. Burr LitchfieldISBN 0271021020 (0-271-02102-0)
Hardcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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The Kings & Queens of Scotlandby Nicholas BestISBN 0297824899 (0-297-82489-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Ladies of Zamoraby Peter LinehanISBN 0271018356 (0-271-01835-6)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ladies of Zamora'Book summary:The Ladies of Zamora tells the remarkable story of a scandal that occured in a Spanish convent during the thirteenth century. Peter Linehan, the foremost expert on medieval Spain, expertly sets forth the details of the affair and shows how the effects were felt not just in Spain but throughout Europe, even as far as the papal curia.Established in 1264 by two wealthy sisters, the convent of Las Dueñas soon became the focus of a bitter jurisdictional struggle between the bishop of Zamora and the local Dominican friars to whose order a faction of the sisters hoped to have their convent incorporated. In 1279, the bishop visited the convent and interrogated thirty of the sisters. The records of this inquiry, hitherto unpublished, provide the documentary basis for this book, and they reveal startling discrepancies between the stern precepts of their rule and the relaxed realities of life behind the convent grille. They speak of sisters in 'love nests' with friars at the convent gate, giving their prioress the evil eye, and threatening their bishop with sticks. At one level, the book can be read as an entertaining story-a saga of copulation, cross-dressing, and general mayhem. But Linehan uses the story to bring into sharp focus a number of usually unrelated aspects of the age: tensions between the mendicant orders and the local ecclesiastical authorities, thirteenth-century religiosity (female religiosity in particular), and collusion in high places, both in Castile and in Rome. One of the friars involved in the scandal eventually became Master-General of the Dominican Order until he was dismissed by Pope Nicholas IV in 1291. Finally, in 1300 Boniface VIII enacted a series of measures designed to bring under stricter control 'those damned friars' (as he called them) and convents such as that of Las Dueñas.The Ladies of Zamora provides novel insight into the century that began with Pope Innocent III's approval of the foundation of Saint Dominic's Order of Preachers and ended with a Dominican Order that had lost its innocence and fatally compromised the ideals that had already so profoundly affected Western society. We also see the social realities of a frontier society where the rule of law-canon law in particular-remained subject to the whim of willful men-not to mention women, of course. [via]
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Lake Peipus 1242: Battle of the Iceby David NicolleISBN 0275988414 (0-275-98841-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lake Peipus 1242: Battle of the Ice'Book summary:The battle of Lake Peipus took place in 1242 between the Teutonic Knights and the Russian city-state of Novgorod, led by its inspirational leader Alexandre Nevskii. The Teutonic Knights were a powerful military order, backed with the crusading zeal of Europe, the blessing of the Pope and the support of the Holy Roman Emperor. This battle, although little-known in the west, was important in the history of the medieval eastern crusades, the Teutonic defeat having a serious effect on future events. David Nicolle's excellent text examines the Crusade against Novgorod and the fierce fighting around the frozen shores of Lake Peipus.
The battle of Lake Peipus took place in 1242 between the Teutonic Knights and the Russian city-state of Novgorod, led by its inspirational leader Alexandre Nevskii. The Teutonic Knights were a powerful military order, backed with the crusading zeal of Europe, the blessing of the Pope, and the support of the Holy Roman Emperor. The clash of arms around the frozen shores of Lake Peipus was immortalised in Eisenstein's epic film 'Alexandre Nevskii'. This battle, although little-known in the west, was important in the history of the medieval eastern crusades. As a result of the Teutonic defeat at the battle not only were the Crusaders forced to give back all the lands they had conquered in their Crusade against Novgorod, but also their defeat led to a new relationship between Catholics and Orthodox in the Baltic, with a new Pope, Innocent IV, trying to win over the Russians diplomatically rather than by military means. Finally, the battle also convinced a chastened Bishop Hermann of Tartu to accept the Teutonic Knight's priorities, which were to crush the pagan Lithuanians and to Christianise all the Baltic lands, rather than interfering in Russian affairs. David Nicolle's excellent book looks at the battle in detail and examines the Crusade against Novgorod of which it was a part.
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The Life and Times of Edward Iby John ChancellorISBN 0297778404 (0-297-77840-4)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Life and Times of Edward IVby Antonia Fraser, Gila FalkusISBN 0297780093 (0-297-78009-3)
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Life and Times of Henry Vby Peter EarleISBN 029799428X (0-297-99428-X)
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The Life and Times of John Trevisa, Medieval Scholarby David C. FowlerISBN 0295974273 (0-295-97427-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Life and Times of Richard Iby John GillinghamISBN 0297995723 (0-297-99572-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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The Life and Times of William Iby Maurice AshleyISBN 0297765507 (0-297-76550-7)
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The Lives Of The Kings & Queens Of Englandby Antonia FraserISBN 0297769111 (0-297-76911-1)
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The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Cultureby Jean LeclercqISBN 0281035997 (0-281-03599-7)
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Luther: Man Between God and the Devilby Heiko Oberman, Eileen Walliser-SchwarzbartISBN 0300103131 (0-300-10313-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Luther: Man Between God And The Devil'Book summary:Written by one of the world's greatest authorities on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant Reformation.
"A brilliant account of Luther's evolution as a man, a thinker, and a Christian. . . . Every person interested in Christianity should put this on his or her reading list."--Lawrence Cunningham, "Commonweal"
"This is "the" biography of Luther for our time by the world's foremost authority."--Steven Ozment, Harvard University
"If the world is to gain from Luther it must turn to the real Luther--furious, violent, foul-mouthed, passionately concerned. Him it will find in Oberman's book, a labour of love."--G. R. Elton, "Journal of Ecclesiastical History"
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Marco Polo and the Discovery of the Worldby John LarnerISBN 0300089007 (0-300-08900-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europeby Sydney AngloISBN 0300083521 (0-300-08352-1)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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The Matter of Araby in Medieval Englandby Dorothee MetlitzkiISBN 0300114109 (0-300-11410-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Mediaeval Greeceby Nicolas CheethamISBN 0300024215 (0-300-02421-5)
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The Medieval Calendar Yearby Bridget Ann HenischISBN 0271019042 (0-271-01904-2)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Medieval Castles and Citiesby Wolfgang F. SchuerlISBN 0304301922 (0-304-30192-2)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Namibby David Coulson, Barney WanISBN 0283999608 (0-283-99960-8)
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Burton RaffelISBN 0300108079 (0-300-10807-9)
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The Poetic Eddaby Lee Milton Hollander, Lee M. HollanderISBN 0292764995 (0-292-76499-5)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poetic Edda'Book summary:The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.
Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."
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The Poor in the Middle Ages: An Essay in Social Historyby Michel Mollat, Arthur GoldhammerISBN 0300046057 (0-300-04605-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Powers of the Holy : Religion, Politics, and Gender in Late Medieval English Cultureby David Aers, Lynn StaleyISBN 027101542X (0-271-01542-X)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State University Press
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Praise of Follyby Desiderius Erasmus, Clarence H. MillerISBN 0300023731 (0-300-02373-1)
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The Princeby Carnes Lord, Niccolo Machiavelli, Hadley Arkes, Angelo M. Codevilla, William Barclay AllenISBN 0300064039 (0-300-06403-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:A classic of the western tradition, Machiavelli's "The Prince" has influenced political and philosophical thought since its publication four centuries ago. Political power, Machiavelli taught, has no limits. It leaves no room for the sacred, and it subordinates right and wrong to success. In this new edition of Machiavelli's book, Angelo Codevilla provides a translation faithful to the original and sensitive to the author's use of verbal imprecision, including puns, double meanings, and the subjunctive mood. The volume includes an introduction by Codevilla that places Machiavelli in the context of his own times, demonstrates his relevance to the history of political thought, and inquiries into the place of Machiavelli's ideas in modern debates. This edition also contains three essays that explore some of the most important ways "The Prince" clashes with the other main branch of western civilization - the Socratic and Judeo-Christian traditions: "Machiavelli's realism" by Carnes Lord, "Machiavelli and modernity" by W.B. Allen, and "Machiavelli and America" by Hadley Arkes. [via]
Reading The Medieval Book: Word, Image, And Performance In Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Willehalmby Kathryn StarkeyISBN 0268041091 (0-268-04109-1)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europeby Ivan G. MarcusISBN 0300076584 (0-300-07658-4)
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The Royal Household and the King's Affinity: Service, Politics, and Finance in England, 1360-1413by Chris Given-WilsonISBN 0300035705 (0-300-03570-5)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popesby Eamon DuffyISBN 0300115970 (0-300-11597-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes'Book summary:Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, by Eamon Duffy, is a wonder of comprehensive compression--a sumptuously illustrated, one-volume history of one of the most influential human institutions in world history. Duffy's lively portraits of the 261 scholars, scoundrels, and spiritual guides who have led the Roman Catholic Church are embedded in six historical essays that proceed chronologically from St. Peter to John Paul II. Duffy, a reader in church history and fellow at Cambridge, writes in the mannered yet affable tone of an avuncular English don. His narrative and arguments convey his own Catholic conviction that "the story of the popes is a crucial dimension of the providential care of God for humankind throughout history." Yet he also offers candid assessments of papal moral failings, including spectacular failures such as the orchestration of the Spanish Inquisition and the willed ignorance of Germany's Third Reich. Duffy's glossary of theological terms ensures that no secular reader will be lost in Christian arcana, and his excellent bibliographical essay will help motivated students zero in on the best resources for learning more about any period of Catholic history. For readers primarily concerned with current events, his analysis of John Paul II's papacy is extraordinarily useful and refreshingly free of cant. "To many people Pope John Paul seems a backward-looking figure, a man attempting to force a champagne cork back into the bottle," Duffy writes. "To others, he points the way towards a recovery of balance, a restoration of order and true faith in the flux of time. Only time, and the next conclave, will reveal which of these directions in their long walk through history the heirs of St. Peter will take." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Saxon Kingsby Richard HumbleISBN 029777784X (0-297-77784-X)
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Science and Creation in the Middle Ages: Henry of Langensteinby Nicholas H. SteneckISBN 0268016917 (0-268-01691-7)
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Stories of the Rose: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Agesby Anne Winston-AllenISBN 0271027096 (0-271-02709-6)
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580by Eamon DuffyISBN 0300108281 (0-300-10828-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stripping Of The Altars: Traditional Religion In England, c. 1400-c.1580'Book summary:This book offers a fundamental challenge to much that has been written about the pre-Reformation church. Eamon Duffy recreates 15th-century English laypeople's experience of religion, revealing the richness and complexity of the Catholicism by which men and women structured their experience of the world and their hopes within and beyond it. He then tells the story of the destruction of that Church - the stripping of the altars - from Henry VIII's break with the papacy until the Elizabethan settlement. Bringing together theological, liturgical, literary and iconographic analysis with historical narrative, Duffy argues that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. The first part of the book reviews the main features of religious belief and practice up to 1536. Duffy examines the factors that contributed to the close lay engagement with the structures of late medieval Catholicism: the liturgy; the impact of literacy and printing on lay religious knowledge; the conventions and contents of lay prayer; the relation of orthodox religious practice and magic; the Mass and the cult of the saints; and the lay belief about death and the afterlife. In the second part of the book Duffy explores the impact of Protestant reforms on this traditional religion, providing evidence of popular discontent from medieval wills and from parish records. He documents the widespread opposition to Protestantism during the reigns of Henry and Edward, discusses Mary's success in reestablishng Catholicism and describes the public resistance to Elizabeth's dismantling of parochial Catholicism that did not wane until the late 1570s. [via]
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Theodora: Portrait in a Byzantine Landscapeby Antony BridgeISBN 0304299820 (0-304-29982-0)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Treatise on Happinessby Thomas St AquinasISBN 0268018499 (0-268-01849-9)
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The Treatise on Law: Summa Theologiae, I-Ii, Qq. 90-97by Thomas Aquinas, Robert J. HenleISBN 0268018812 (0-268-01881-2)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Treatise on Law: Summa Theologiae, I-Ii, Qq. 90-97'Book summary:[via]In this translation of Saint Thomas Aquinass The Treatise on Law, R. J. Henle, S.J., a well-known authority on philosophy and jurisprudence, fluently and accurately presents the Latin and English translation of this important work. Henle provides the necessary background for an informed reading of the Treatise, as well as the only in-depth commentary available in English on this text.
The first section of the book contains an introduction to St. Thomass life, work, writings, and jurisprudence. Henle discusses the structure of St. Thomass magnum opus, Summa Theologiae, from which The Treatise on Law is excerpted. A brief section is included on Scholastic philosophy and also on St. Thomass approach to the study of law. Henle then examines Thomass definition of a law and the general doctrinal background for the Treatise. Finally Henle explores St. Thomass sources, including his use of auctoritates, or authoritative quotations drawn primarily from the Bible, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Isidore of Seville.The second part of the book contains the Latin text of the Treatise presented unit by unit, each followed by the English translation and, when appropriate, by a comment.The Treatise on Law will be of interest to law students, lawyers, judges, and legal scholars. It will also appeal to those interested in St. Thomass legal philosophy, such as political scientists,theoretical sociologists, and cultural historians. For philosophers, especially beginners in medieval philosophy, it serves as a good introduction to the thought of St. Thomas."Distinguished Jesuit scholar R.J. Henle provides us with a text and translation of the Treatise on Law that both locates it in its native habitat and enables it to live a responsible life on its own. Henle has produced a magnificently useful book that should revolutionize courses in moral and political philosophy as well as those in jurisprudence." --Ralph McInerny, author of A First Glance at St. Thomas AquinasMore editions of The Treatise on Law: Summa Theologiae, I-Ii, Qq. 90-97:
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Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 0300002386 (0-300-00238-6)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Viking Achievement: The Society and Culture of Early Medieval Scandinaviaby David M. Wilson, Peter G. FooteISBN 0283979267 (0-283-97926-7)
Softcover, Sidgwick & Jackson
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The Wars of the Rosesby Robin NeillandsISBN 0304340804 (0-304-34080-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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