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By 1300, a region often referred to as the March of Wales had been created between England and the Principality of Wales. This March consisted of some forty castle-centred lordships extending along t …

Windsor Castle, a historical fiction by William H. Ainsworth, was first published in 1842-43. It's historical romance fiction with Gothic elements that describes Henry VIII's pursuit of Ann …

For few verses in the Bible is the relationship between scripture and the artistic imagination more intriguing than for the conclusion of Genesis 4:15: ‘And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoe …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …

Documents a long-running dispute between the archbishops and monks of Canterbury throughout the 1180s and 1190s. For fifteen years the monks of Christ Church Canterbury waged a war against their arch …

This book describes medieval Islamic medicine and to explore a specific medical text, On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt by ‘Ali ibn Ridwan (A.D. 998 – 1068). It seeks to answer the following …

The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due proces …

Jacob Burckhardt claimed that the state in Renaissance Italy became a work of art. In this book, the authors illiminate the corollary: that art in Italy became a work of state. They study centres of …

Ranging from fifth-century north Africa to twelfth-century Latin Europe , the three texts translated in this book reveal the religious and social importance of beards and baldness in the Middle Ages, …

Embark on a captivating journey through the annals of history to uncover the truth behind the legendary Knights Templar. From their humble beginnings as medieval warrior monks to their rise as one of …