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  • Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241)

    Power and Authority

    Edición de Damian J. Smith ...
    As Cardinal Hugo and as pope, Gregory was one of the dominant figures in the history of the papacy of the High Middle Ages. Coming to prominence under Pope Innocent III, Hugo played an important political role, particularly as legate on various occasions, as well as being a major promoter of the new religious orders. As pope, his battle with Emperor Frederick II is one of medieval history’s most ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • The Book of Deeds of James I of Aragon

    A Translation of the Medieval Catalan Llibre dels Fets

    Edición de Damian J. Smith, Helena Buffery ...
    Series series Crusade Texts in Translation
    The 'Book of Deeds' is the first known autobiography by a Christian king. Its author was James I of Aragon (1213-76), known as 'The Conqueror', one of the great political figures of 13th-century Europe and a successful crusader. In his 'Deeds', James describes the turbulent years of his minority, the thrilling capture of Majorca, the methodical conquest of the kingdom of Valencia, the reconquest ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon

    The Limits of Papal Authority

    de Damian J. Smith ...
    Series series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
    Drawing on an extensive study of the primary sources, Damian Smith explores the relationship between the Roman Curia and Aragon-Catalonia in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. His focus is the pontificate of Innocent III, the most politically influential medieval Pope, and the reign of King Peter II of Aragon and the first years of King James I. By analysing the practical example of papal ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • King Alfonso VIII of Castile

    Government, Family, and War

    de Damian J. Smith, Miguel Gómez, Kyle C. Lincoln, Martín Alvira Cabrer, Carlos de Ayala Martinez, Janna Bianchini, Thomas E. Burman, Sam Zeno Conedera, SJ0, Joseph F. O'Callaghan1, Teofilo Ruiz2, Miriam Shadis3, James J. Todesca4 ...
    Series series Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
    King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Pope Celestine III (1191–1198)

    Diplomat and Pastor

    Edición de John Doran, Damian J. Smith ...
    Series series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
    Hyacinth Bobone (c. 1105-1198) was one of the great figures of twelfth-century Europe. Active in the Roman Curia from the 1120s, a student in Paris, and associated with both Peter Abelard and Arnold of Brescia, he was made cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in 1144 and served there during forty-seven years before being elected as pope in 1191. As curial cardinal and as papal legate in ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Pope Innocent II (1130-43)

    The World vs the City

    Edición de John Doran, Damian J. Smith ...
    Series series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
    The pontificate of Innocent II (1130-1143) has long been recognized as a watershed in the history of the papacy, marking the transition from the age of reform to the so-called papal monarchy, when an earlier generation of idealistic reformers gave way to hard-headed pragmatists intent on securing worldly power for the Church. Whilst such a conception may be a cliché its effect has been to ... Leer más

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  • Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

    Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

    de Robert Bartlett ...
    "An indispensable point of departure for anyone interested in the cult of the saints in the Middle Ages." —Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of BooksFrom its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days ... Leer más

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  • Furta Sacra

    Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition

    de Patrick J. Geary ...
    To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians. ... Leer más

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  • Cardinal Isidore (c.1390–1462)

    A Late Byzantine Scholar, Warlord, and Prelate

    de Marios Philippides, Walter K. Hanak ...
    A member of the imperial Palaiologan family, albeit most probably illegitimate, Isidore became a scholar at a young age and began his rise in the Byzantine ecclesiastical ranks. He was an active advocate of the union of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Constantinople. His military exploits, including his participation in the defence of Constantinople in 1453, provide us with eyewitness ... Leer más

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  • The Poor and the Perfect

    The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310

    de Neslihan Şenocak ...
    One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the Order of Friars Minor could claim hundreds of permanent ... Leer más

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  • Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul

    Strategies for Survival in an Age of Transition

    de Ralph Whitney Mathisen ...
    A study of the collapse of Roman rule in ancient Gaul and the shift to Germanic power.Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W. Mathisen examines the "fall" in one part of the western ... Leer más

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  • A History of Medieval Political Thought

    300–1450

    de Joseph Canning ...
    First Published in 2005. The book covers four periods, each with a different focus. From 300 to 750 Canning examines Christian ideas of rulership. The often neglected centuries from 750 to 1050, the Carolingian period and its aftermath, are given special attention. From 1050 to 1290 the conflict between temporal and spiritual power and the revived legacy of antiquity comes to the fore. Finally in ... Leer más

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