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The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422

Author : Thomas Walsingham
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831440
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376-1422 written by Thomas Walsingham and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by David Preest with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk at St Albans Abbey, a royal monastery and the premier repository of public records, and therefore well placed to observe the political machinations of this period at close hand. Moreover, he knew the monarchs and many of the nobles personally and is able to offer insights into their actions unmatched by any other authority. It is this narrative, transmitted through the popular Tudor histories of Hall, Stow and Holinshed, which provides the principle source for Shakespeare's sequence of history plays. Covering almost fifty years, the narrative provides the most authoritative account of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, from the last years of Edward III (1376-77) to the premature death of Henry V (1422). Walsingham describes the many dramas of this period in vivid detail, including the Peasants' Revolt (1381), the deposition and murder of Richard II (1399-1400), The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr (1403) and Henry V's victory at Agincourt (1415); they are brought to life here in this new translation.

Bede and Time

Author : Máirín MacCarron
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317175743
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Bede and Time written by Máirín MacCarron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the Irish Historical Research Prize 2021. The Venerable Bede (c. 673–735) was the leading intellectual figure of the early Anglo-Saxon Church, and his extensive corpus of writings encompassed themes of exegesis, computus (dating of Easter and construction of calendars), history and hagiography. Rather than look at these works in isolation, Máirín MacCarron argues that Bede’s work in different genres needs to be read together to be properly understood. This book provides the first integrated analysis of Bede’s thought on time, and demonstrates that such a comprehensive examination allows a greater understanding of Bede’s writings on time, and illuminates the place of time and chronology in his other works. Bede was an outstanding intellect whose creativity and ingenuity were apparent in various genres of writing. This book argues that in innovatively combining computus, theology and history, Bede transformed his contemporaries’ understanding of time and chronology.

Chronica maiora

Author : Matthaeus (Parisiensis.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Chronica maiora written by Matthaeus (Parisiensis.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia

Author : Juan Udaondo Alegre
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1914967097
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia written by Juan Udaondo Alegre and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating study of translation, adaptation, and intellectual cross-pollination that situates the Castilian Hermes in the center of medieval Mediterranean cultural exchange Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic conflation of the Greek Hermes (god of interpretative wisdom) and the Egyptian Thoth (god of wisdom) was considered by many in the medieval world as the father of culture. Between c. 300 BCE - c. 1200 CE various treatises were attributed to the legendary sage, becoming known as the Hermetica - a combination of diverse philosophical and spiritual systems, addressing subjects such as alchemy, magic, and astrology. The Hermetica circulated widely, with premodern translations in Latin, Hebrew, Syriac, Persian, Arabic, and other Eastern languages. Whilst these iterations have been thoroughly researched, little attention has been paid to the Castilian Hermes, the first rendition of the wisdom traditions of Hermes Trismegistus in a Romance language. This book follows the ways in which Hermetic knowledge was brought to the Iberian Peninsula, showing how Hermes became the philosophical and spiritual inspiration for Christian, Arabic, and Jewish scholars there. Udaondo Alegre unveils the pivotal role of King Alfonso X ("the Learned") of Castile (1252-84) in creating this Spanish Hermes. Through the meticulous tracing of source texts and literary influences, the author explores the myriad ways in which Hermes crossed religious and linguistic boundaries to embody a composite intellectual identity, emblematic of medieval Spain's multicultural ethos. Alfonso's court is revealed as the site for a unique convergence of translation and interpretation that shaped a distinctly "Hispanic" Hermes.

Muslims in Medieval Italy

Author : Julie Taylor
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739114841
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Muslims in Medieval Italy written by Julie Taylor and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera is the history of a Muslim colony in the southern Italian city of Lucera during the Middle Ages. Author Julie Taylor draws on a vast array of primary sources, unpublished manuscripts, and archeological data to provide a detailed account of the lives of Muslims against the backdrop of the social and political complexities of medieval Lucera. Taylor's work illuminates the legal and social status of Muslims in Christendom and the contributions made by Muslims to the economy and defense of the kingdom of Sicily, and it also yields noteworthy insights into Muslim-Christian relations. Muslims in Medieval Italy is a thoroughly researched and absorbing account.

Thirteen Homilies of St. Augustine on St. John XIV

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Homilies of St. Augustine on St. John XIV written by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paradoxa Moralia de Ornatu Mulierum Communia, & Explorata

Author : Albertus de ALBERTIS (Professor of Rhetoric, etc. at Milan.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Paradoxa Moralia de Ornatu Mulierum Communia, & Explorata written by Albertus de ALBERTIS (Professor of Rhetoric, etc. at Milan.) and published by . This book was released on 1650 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ancient Memory

Author : Katharine Mawford
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110728923
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Memory written by Katharine Mawford and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the recent ‘memory boom’ has led to increasing interdisciplinary interest, there is a significant gap relating to the examination of this topic in Classics. In particular, there is need for a systematic exploration of ancient memory and its use as a critical and methodological tool for delving into ancient literature. The present volume provides just such an approach, theorising the use and role of memory in Graeco-Roman thought and literature, and building on the background of memory studies. The volume’s contributors apply theoretical models such as memoryscapes, civic and cultural memory, and memory loss to a range of authors, from Homeric epic to Senecan drama, and from historiography to Cicero’s recollections of performances. The chapters are divided into four sections according to the main perspective taken. These are: 1) the Mechanics of Memory, 2) Collective memory, 3) Female Memory, and 4) Oblivion. This modern approach to ancient memory will be useful for scholars working across the range of Greek and Roman literature, as well as for students, and a broader interdisciplinary audience interested in the intersection of memory studies and Classics.

Eukleidu Stoicheiōn to prōton

Author : Euclides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Eukleidu Stoicheiōn to prōton written by Euclides and published by . This book was released on 1570 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vergil’s Eclogues

Author : George C. Paraskeviotis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527542793
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Vergil’s Eclogues written by George C. Paraskeviotis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 42 and 39 BC, Vergil composed the first Latin pastoral collection, entitled Eclogues, and consisting of ten poems in the form in which it has come down to us. Vergil’s Eclogues represent the introduction of a new genre, the pastoral, to Latin literature, and recall the Hellenistic poet Theocritus who invented this genre. The fact that the Roman author inserts into the text elements from other Greek and Latin texts modifying them through innovations and changes (constitutes an attractive field of research. This book shows that Vergil’s dialogue with the earlier Greek and Latin tradition is not only typical of the way in which Latin literature was written in the 1st century BC; rather, it is also a dynamic literary method used to affect and define the character of each Eclogue.

Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages

Author : Christopher David Schabel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004162887
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages written by Christopher David Schabel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of two volumes on special theological disputations from ca. 1230-1330 in which audience members asked the era's greatest intellectuals questions de quolibet, "about anything." The variety of the material and the authors' stature make the genre uniquely fascinating.

Henry V

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593652746
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Henry V written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just thirty-five, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt, he is remembered as the acme of kingship, a model to be closely imitated by his successors. William Shakespeare deployed Henry V as a study in youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship. For one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, “the greatest man who ever ruled England.” For Dan Jones, Henry V is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a leader who made many mistakes, who misjudged his friends and family, but he always seemed to triumph when it mattered. As king, he saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions, and secured England’s borders; in foreign diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet through his conquests in northern France, he sowed the seeds for three generations of calamity at home, in the form of the Wars of the Roses. Henry V is a historical titan whose legacy has become a complicated one. To understand the man behind the legend, Jones first examines Henry’s years of apprenticeship, when he saw the downfall of one king and the turbulent reign of another. Upon his accession in 1413, he had already been politically and militarily active for years, and his extraordinary achievements as king would come shortly after, earning him an unparalleled historical reputation. Writing with his characteristic wit and style, Jones delivers a thrilling and unmissable life of England’s greatest king.

Gargilius Martialis: The Agricultural Fragments

Author : James L. Zainaldin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108607330
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Gargilius Martialis: The Agricultural Fragments written by James L. Zainaldin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third century CE, the North African polymath, soldier, and provincial official Q. Gargilius Martialis (died 260) wrote a treatise on the cultivation and medical use of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. The agricultural part of this work survives in a fragmentary state in a single manuscript. Despite this impediment, the agricultural writings are noteworthy for the clear marks both of their meticulous research and of the application of independent judgement and experience. Gargilius furthermore presents his advice in a stylized and literary form that strives for elegance through the use of prose rhythm, rhetorical variatio, and figurative language. The fragments will be valuable for those interested in ancient agriculture, in Greco-Roman authorship on the technai or artes, and in the history and sociolinguistics of Latin. This volume offers a new edition and the first English translation of Gargilius' agricultural fragments as well as an introduction and full-scale commentary.

Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216-1272

Author : Björn K. U. Weiler
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0861932803
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216-1272 written by Björn K. U. Weiler and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern historians have frequently maligned Henry III of England (1216-1272) for his entanglements in European affairs. However, this book moves past orthodox opinion to offer a reappraisal of his activities. Using Henry's dealings with the rulers of the Staufen Empire (Germany, Northern France, Northern Italy and Sicily) as a case study to explore the broader international context within which he acted, the author offers a more varied reading of Henry's 'European adventures'; he shows that far from being an expensive aberration, they reveal the English king as acting within the same parameters and according to the same norms as his peers and contemporaries. Moreover, they provide new insights into the structures and mechanisms, the ideals and institutions which defined the conduct of relations between rulers and realms in the medieval West; medieval politics, it is argued, cannot be understood in isolation from wider movements, ideals and concepts. The book will be of value not only for historians of medieval England, but also for those with a more general interest in the wider political structures of the pre-modern West.Dr BJORN K. U. WEILER is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

A Concordance to the Works of Horace

Author : Lane Cooper
Publisher : Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Concordance to the Works of Horace written by Lane Cooper and published by Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington. This book was released on 1916 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bede and the Future

Author : Peter Darby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317175786
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Bede and the Future written by Peter Darby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bede (c. 673-735) was Anglo-Saxon England’s most prominent scholar, and his body of work is among the most important intellectual achievements of the entire Middle Ages. Bede and the Future brings together an international group of Bede scholars to examine a number of questions about Bede’s attitude towards, and ideas about, the time to come. This encompasses the short-term future (Bede’s own lifetime and the time soon after his death) and the end of time. Whilst recognising that these temporal perspectives may not be completely distinct, the volume shows how Bede’s understanding of their relationship undoubtedly changed over the course of his life. Each chapter examines a distinct aspect of the subject, whilst at the same time complementing the other essays, resulting in a comprehensive and coherent volume. In so doing the volume asks (and answers) new questions about Bede and his ideas about the future, and will undoubtedly stimulate further research in this field.

Knights of St.John in Jerusalem and Cyprus

Author : J.Riley- Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349152412
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Knights of St.John in Jerusalem and Cyprus written by J.Riley- Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a brilliant scholar, this book is the first volume of a major work, which makes full use of the very rich documentary material still surviving and relates it to the evidence of the chronicles. Oriental sources are not disregarded: use is made of Arabic material and the latest archaeological discoveries in the Near East. The author has concentrated upon the Order as an institution in the crusader states and as a powerful international religious corporation. He considers its growth to power, its participation in the polititcs of the Latin settlement in the East, its organisation, its position as an exempt Order of the Church, its properties and its methods of administration as a landlord in feudal states. For the first time, the Order of St John is treated in a way that is neither hostile nor romantically partisan: and the author's conclusions differ from those of other historians. In his description of the Hospitallers' policies, the place they occupied in the government of Latin Syria, their privileges and the way they lived, he shows how it was thay they - individuals as well as the corporate body - played such a significant part in the history of the Christian East in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This book is important to all those interested in the Knights of St John, the international Orders of mediaeval Christendom or the extra-ordinary states established by western Europeans on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.