Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6000007809
Kings, Nobles and Commoners
Jeremy Black
Kings Nobles And Commoners
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Kings, Nobles and Commoners
Jeremy Black
Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0755623436
Kings, Nobles and Commoners by Jeremy Black Pdf
"Jeremy Black's revisionist history shows that both thrusting "bourgeois" Protestant states like the Netherlands and Britain prospered and, in Britain's case, became a global power. The "reactionary" Catholic states like Austria and France at various times remained stable until the deluge of the French Revolution. "Absolutism" was no myth, but "absolutist" states still had to rule with consent. Black weaves these themes into a rich and coherent tapestry to give a clear and authoritative picture of the complexities of the early modern period."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Kings, Nobles and Commoners
Jeremy Black
Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857714084
Kings, Nobles and Commoners by Jeremy Black Pdf
Jeremy Black's revisionist history shows that both thrusting "bourgeois" Protestant states like the Netherlands and Britain prospered and, in Britain's case, became a global power. The "reactionary" Catholic states like Austria and France at various times remained stable until the deluge of the French Revolution. "Absolutism" was no myth, but "absolutist" states still had to rule with consent. Black weaves these themes into a rich and coherent tapestry to give a clear and authoritative picture of the complexities of the early modern period.
A Distant Mirror
Barbara W. Tuchman
Author : Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345349576
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman Pdf
A “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August *Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street Journal The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serf, noble, and clergy alike. Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries, and guilty passions, Tuchman re-creates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, dominating all, the knight—in all his valor and “furious follies,” a “terrible worm in an iron cocoon.” Praise for A Distant Mirror “Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how it was. . . . No one has ever done this better.”—The New York Review of Books “A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer.”—The Wall Street Journal “Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great historical tradition.”—Commentary
The Hundred Years War
Desmond Seward
Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101173770
The Hundred Years War by Desmond Seward Pdf
From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III, the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last drove the English out. Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
In the Manner of the Franks
Eric J. Goldberg
Author : Eric J. Goldberg
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812252354
In the Manner of the Franks by Eric J. Goldberg Pdf
Eric J. Goldberg traces the long history of early medieval hunting from the late Roman Empire to the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V, in a hunting accident in 987. He focuses chiefly on elite men and the changing role that hunting played in articulating kingship, status, and manhood in the post-Roman world. While hunting was central to elite lifestyles throughout these centuries, the Carolingians significantly altered this aristocratic activity in the later eighth and ninth centuries by making it a key symbol of Frankish kingship and political identity. This new connection emerged under Charlemagne, reached its high point under his son and heir Louis the Pious, and continued under Louis's immediate successors. Indeed, the emphasis on hunting as a badge of royal power and Frankishness would prove to be among the Carolingians' most significant and lasting legacies. Goldberg draws on written sources such as chronicles, law codes, charters, hagiography, and poetry as well as artistic and archaeological evidence to explore the changing nature of early medieval hunting and its connections to politics and society. Featuring more than sixty illustrations of hunting imagery found in mosaics, stone sculpture, metalwork, and illuminated manuscripts, In the Manner of the Franks portrays a vibrant and dynamic culture that encompassed red deer and wild boar hunting, falconry, ritualized behavior, female spectatorship, and complex forms of specialized knowledge that united kings and nobles in a shared political culture, thus locating the origins of courtly hunting in the early Middle Ages.
Castles, Battles, & Bombs
Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll
Author : Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226071657
Castles, Battles, & Bombs by Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll Pdf
Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics—with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France’s decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today’s military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. "In bringing economics into assessments of military history, [the authors] also bring illumination. . . . [The authors] turn their interdisciplinary lens on the mercenary arrangements of Renaissance Italy; the wars of Marlborough, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon; Grant's campaigns in the Civil War; and the strategic bombings of World War II. The results are invariably stimulating."—Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly "This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics
Fools Are Everywhere
Beatrice K. Otto
Author : Beatrice K. Otto
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226640914
Fools Are Everywhere by Beatrice K. Otto Pdf
In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history—the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations (including flip art), Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people with power and position and placing otherwise remote historical figures in a more idiosyncratic, intimate light. Most of the work on the court jester has concentrated on Europe; Otto draws on previously untranslated classical Chinese writings and other sources to correct this bias and also looks at jesters in literature, mythology, and drama. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish characters who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need.
The Coming of the French Revolution
Georges Lefebvre
Author : Georges Lefebvre
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691206936
The Coming of the French Revolution by Georges Lefebvre Pdf
The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. First published in 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, and suppressed by the Vichy government, this classic work explains what happened in France in 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. Georges Lefebvre wrote history "from below"—a Marxist approach. Here, he places the peasantry at the center of his analysis, emphasizing the class struggles in France and the significant role they played in the coming of the revolution. Eloquently translated by the historian R. R. Palmer and featuring an introduction by Timothy Tackett that provides a concise intellectual biography of Lefebvre and a critical appraisal of the book, this Princeton Classics edition continues to offer fresh insights into democracy, dictatorship, and insurrection.
Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction
William Doyle
Author : William Doyle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191500633
Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle Pdf
Aristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European counties until only a few generations ago. The relics of their power, in traditions and behaviour, in architecture and the arts, are still all around us. This short introduction shows how ideas of aristocracy originated in ancient times, were transformed in the middle ages, and have only fallen apart over the last two centuries. The myths in which aristocracies have always sought to shroud themselves are stripped away, but the true sources of their enduring power are also revealed. Their outlook and behaviour affected the rest of society in innumerable and sometimes surprising ways, but perhaps most surprising was the way in which a centuries-old aristocratic hegemony crumbled away over the last two hundred years. In this Very Short Introduction William Doyle considers why this happend and what remains today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Ancient Persians
Virginia Schomp
Author : Virginia Schomp
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761446443
The Ancient Persians by Virginia Schomp Pdf
Explores the mythology of the ancient Persians, one of historys greatest civilizations.
The Knight and Chivalry
Richard W. Barber
Author : Richard W. Barber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015020715754
The Knight and Chivalry by Richard W. Barber Pdf
Revised and fully updated version of a seminal work in the field of chivalry.
The European Nobility, 1400-1800
Jonathan Dewald
Author : Jonathan Dewald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 052142528X
The European Nobility, 1400-1800 by Jonathan Dewald Pdf
An authoritative and accessible survey of the European nobility over four centuries.
The Hundred Years War
David Green
Author : David Green
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300134513
The Hundred Years War by David Green Pdf
What life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. He also explores how the long war altered governance in England and France and reshaped peoples' perceptions of themselves and of their national character. Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known characters--Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many others--as well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years War's impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost.
The Greatest Knight
Thomas Asbridge
Author : Thomas Asbridge
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781471139512
The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge Pdf
‘A rip-roaring new life of Marshal … [a] splendid account of a great medieval life' Dan Jones, author of Crusaders ‘A thoroughly entertaining account of England’s most colourful and courageous medieval knight’ Sunday Times Drawing upon an array of contemporary evidence, renowned historian Thomas Asbridge’s authoritative and dramatic account brings to life the often overlooked figure of William Marshal, a man who not only served at the right hand of five English monarchs but also helped negotiate the terms of Magna Carta. Charting the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honour, yet driven by unquenchable ambition, this knight's tale lays bare the brutish realities of medieval warfare and the machinations of the royal court, and draws us into the heart of a formative period of our history: when the West emerged from the Dark Ages and stood on the brink of modernity. Friend of Richard the Lionheart and the infamous King John and, ultimately, regent of the realm, this is the story of one remarkable man and the forging of the English nation. ‘Skilfully done...a powerful cast of characters that fascinates still’ TLS ‘The medieval world...at last comes touchingly to life’ Spectator
