Medioevo

The moral law proclaimed by Moses three thousand years ago agrees with that which governs men to-day, irrespective of their various stages of culture; the moral precepts of a Buddha and Confucius agr …

In ‘History of the Cathedral Church of Wells, ‘ Edward A. Freeman intricately chronicles the architectural, religious, and sociopolitical evolution of one of England’s most significant ecclesiastical …

IN the following lectures no attempt will be made to give a systematic account of a political development, which is the ordinary theme of history. History is ‘past politics’ in the wide sense of the …

The archipelagic kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century down to the middle of the thirteenth century represent two forgotten kingdoms of the medie …

In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While a …

From their small county in the heart of France, the lords of Anjou – the Angevins – produced dynasties that became kings of Jerusalem, England, Sicily, Hungary and Poland from 900 – 1500. They were d …

Between 1483 and 1485 Viscount Francis Lovell was one of the most important and influential men in the government of his childhood friend Richard III, becoming the King’s Chamberlain and a Knight of …

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman. Drawing on what is the largest archive of medieval correspo …

It was the belief of Europe during the Middle Ages, that our globe was the centre of the universe. The earth, itself fixed and immovable, was encompassed by ten heavens successively encircling one an …

In ‘Annals of a Fortress, ‘ Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc deftly intertwines architectural critique with historical narrative, exploring the evolution of medieval fortifications in France. The book …