1215

Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt t

Although the diocese of Chichester was both small and poor, its bishops between 1215 and 1253 were eminent men. They included Ralph Neville, who combined his role as Chancellor of the Exchequer with g

1215年，約翰王被迫簽訂了《大憲章》。在800多年後的今天，《大憲章》仍然發揮著作用，它包含了世界各國都信奉的現代法治的核心要素。1215年出現了《大憲章》，但《大憲章》遠遠不能代表1215。翻開本書你將了解到：大權在握的約翰王竟然酷愛女裝，在位期間，他曾多次穿著祖母瑪蒂爾達（Matilda）皇后的加冕禮服，出現在公開場合；中世紀的人們也愛修馬蹄， 當時的馬匹極其珍貴，必須精心照料，包括經常更換馬掌；教會嚴格規定神的仆人不應殺人，教士不能使用帶刃的武器，可在“布汶之戰”中一位主教仍然能夠用一件鈍器砸碎一個人的腦袋，教士們也都揮舞著狼牙棒和棍棒而非刀劍；中世紀君主的直白綽號承載了不同榮譽與命運，獅心王理查嚴厲有效的治理使王權鼎盛；短斗篷王亨利穿裁剪得比傳統斗篷更為整齊的斗篷；短襪公爵羅貝爾喜愛風兒拂過腿部的感覺；約翰王年輕時不得不忍受被稱為“無地約翰”，在失去諾曼底後，又被戲稱為“軟劍約翰”……1215年作為一個歷史切片，展現著屠戮與忠誠，英勇與詭詐。既有王權貴族的爾虞我詐，更有中世紀神秘的民眾日常，這一年濃縮了中世紀英格蘭的風貌。

This 1999 book explores the dramatic growth of the monastic order in Yorkshire from the foundation of the first post-Conquest abbey at Selby in 1069 to 1215. The first half examines the dynamics of monastic expansion, discussing the influences on both its chronological development and its geographical pattern. It demonstrates that the monastic expansion owed much to the particular political and tenurial conditions which existed in the century after 1069: the establishment of Norman political ascendancy, the extension of central government under Henry I, and the civil war of the reign of King Stephen. The second part of the book explores recruitment, patronage, economy and cultural life. Particular attention is paid to the role of women in the religious life. Nunneries, so often regarded as second-class or failed monasteries, are here shown to have had a distinctive function in society, in terms both of recruitment and of interaction with the local community.

This 1999 book explores the dramatic growth of the monastic order in Yorkshire from the foundation of the first post-Conquest abbey at Selby in 1069 to 1215. The first half examines the dynamics of monastic expansion, discussing the influences on both its chronological development and its geographical pattern. It demonstrates that the monastic expansion owed much to the particular political and tenurial conditions which existed in the century after 1069: the establishment of Norman political ascendancy, the extension of central government under Henry I, and the civil war of the reign of King Stephen. The second part of the book explores recruitment, patronage, economy and cultural life. Particular attention is paid to the role of women in the religious life. Nunneries, so often regarded as second-class or failed monasteries, are here shown to have had a distinctive function in society, in terms both of recruitment and of interaction with the local community.

1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of Eng

The 150 acta in this volume demonstrate the care with which three bishops administered this large medieval English diocese. It offers interesting information about the clergy of Norfolk and Suffolk (i

Warfare in all histories and cultures shows evidence of the driving need to sanctify the cause, from the personal devotions of individuals to the grand designs of the architects of battle. In his impo

This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth centuries.

From the establishment of a coherent doctrine on sacramental marriage to the eve of the Reformation, late medieval church courts were used for marriage cases in a variety of ways. Ranging widely across Western Europe, including the Upper and Lower Rhine regions, England, Italy, Catalonia, and Castile, this study explores the stark discrepancies in practice between the North of Europe and the South. Wolfgang P. Müller draws attention to the existence of public penitential proceedings in the North and their absence in the South, and explains the difference in demand, as well as highlighting variations in how individuals obtained written documentation of their marital status. Integrating legal and theological perspectives on marriage with late medieval social history, Müller addresses critical questions around the relationship between the church and medieval marriage, and what this reveals about both institutions.

1215年是英國歷史上最重要的年份之一，在這一年，約翰王與英格蘭貴族代表簽訂了著名的《大憲章》。無地王約翰是亨利二世和阿基坦女公爵埃莉諾的兒子，在五個兄弟中排行最末。不過，當他的哥哥幼王亨利在1173年反叛失敗以後，他出人意料地成了父親最中意的繼承人。約翰於1199年登上王位，開啟了自己的暴政時期。約翰與法蘭西國王腓力二世之間的戰火於1202年重燃，隨後，約翰幾乎失去了在歐陸的全部領地。戰爭的接連

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to beThe Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding d

With the publication of volumes 43 and 44 in the internationally-recognised English Episcopal Acta series, the project's work on the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield is complete. The volumes draw tog

The village of Stanton, some nine miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, is in many ways a typical Suffolk village. What is not so typical is the survival of a considerable and largely coherent collect

This is the first one-volume survey in English of religion and devotion in Europe between the fourth and fifth Lateran councils. It provides essential background for a proper appreciation of medieval western society. After an outline of the basic beliefs of catholicism in the period, there follows a series of thematic chapters which detail and analyse the nature and significance of various manifestations of religious concern. Underlying the discussion are basic questions about the format of medieval religious experience, ranging from the nature of authority to the relationship between priests and laity, and how far it is actually possible to talk of a monolithic catholicism. The book also responds to recent historiographical debates, about whether there was a divorce between 'elite' and 'popular' religion, whether medieval catholicism was deep rooted or superficial, and the relationship between catholicism and other Christianities and non-Christian faiths.

Resonating as profoundly today as when it was first published to widespread critical acclaim a decade ago, God’s Crucible is a bold portrait of Islamic Spain and the birth of modern Europe from one of

At thebeginning of the eighth century, the Arabs brought a momentous revolution in power,religion, and culture to Dark Ages Europe. David Levering Lewis's masterful history begins with the

Waldrep (history, San Francisco State U.) and Curry (history, Eastern Illinois U.) have compiled a four-volume reader of documents essential to the formation of the Constitution. Volume one is divide

Hailed by critics as an essential book, God's Crucible is a bold, new interpretation of Islamic Spain and the birth of Europe from one of our greatest historians. David Levering Lewis's narrative,