Replete with terror, passion, and hope, this gripping narrative history explores the intricate mysteries of medieval Europethrough the lives of the great heretics whose beliefs and practices ch
Replete with terror, passion, and hope, this gripping narrative history explores the intricate mysteries of medieval Europe?through the lives of the great heretics whose beliefs and practices challeng
This book examines a pivotal period in ancient human history: the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of a new European civilization in the early Middle Ages.
Drawing from an equally wide range of sources-sermons, polemical texts, theological treatises, hagiographical and devotional works, and histories-the volume demonstrates the emergence of a profoundly
This collection of new essays examines the long-standing question of apocalyptic expectations around the turn of the first millennium. Including works by scholars of medieval history, literature, and
Moore's 1977 The origins of European Dissent proved to be a seminal work in medieval religious and social history. Here fellow medievalists from the US and Britain demonstrate the continued vitality o
Drawing from an equally wide range of sources-sermons, polemical texts, theological treatises, hagiographical and devotional works, and histories-the volume demonstrates the emergence of a profoundly
This book considers the various attitudes of European religious and secular writers towards Islam during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Examining works from England, France, Italy, the Holy
The Birth of Britain is the first volume of A History of the English Speaking Peoples, the immensely popular and eminently readable four-volume work by Winston Churchill. A rousing account of the ear
Where Heaven and Earth Meet is an interdisciplinary collection that focuses on the writings of Ademar of Chabannes, Western religious history and early Islamic Jerusalem.
