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Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath

by Michael D. Bailey ...

Series series Magic in History Sourcebooks
While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.The idea that ... Read more

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While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.The idea that
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L'uomo medievale

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"L'uomo e gli uomini, gli uomini nella società dell'Occidente cristiano, nelle loro principali funzioni (ossia nei tratti essenziali, ma anche nella concretezza del loro status sociale, del loro mestiere, della loro professione), al tempo di un dittico medievale che nella prima faccia mostra il prodigioso sviluppo della Cristianità fra l'anno Mille e il secolo XIII, mentre la seconda rappresenta ... Read more

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A Hero Born

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by Jin Yong ...

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Robert the Bruce

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I monaci

by Giovanni Miccoli ...

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Monaci e monasteri hanno cessato da tempo di far parte della comune esperienza degli abitanti d'Europa. Non hanno cessato di esistere ma non figurano più tra gli incontri ordinari e ricorrenti del suo paesaggio storico. Solo ne restano qua e là le imponenti vestigia: mascherate nelle città, dove le vecchie chiese abbaziali sono state occupate e deformate da altri officianti e gli immensi conventi
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by EMMANOUIL N. KARAKOSTAS ...

Η μελέτη πραγματεύεται την καταγωγή των Βυζαντινών Αυτοκρατόρων, βασισμένη σε ιστορικές πηγές καθώς και βιβλιογραφία από νεώτερους ιστορικούς, κυρίως του 20ου αιώνα. Απαρτίζεται από επτά κεφάλαια, στα οποία διακρίνονται ανά ομάδες οι Αυτοκράτορες και τίθεται προς έρευνα η καταγωγή τους. Το πρώτο κεφάλαιο πραγματεύεται τους Αυτοκράτορες που κυβέρνησαν από τον Ρωμανό Γ’ Αργυρό (1028) έως το τέλος ... Read more

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The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century

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The black death is thought to have started in China, and travelled along the Silk Road to reach Crimea by 1346. From there, it was probably carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships, it spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 3060 percent of Europe's population,reducing the world's
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1453

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A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today.The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a ... Read more

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A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today.The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a
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Les Procès de Jeanne d'Arc

by Andrée Duby, Georges Duby ...

De la condamnation de 1431 à la réhabilitation de 1456, les deux procès de Jeanne d'Arc racontent l'hitoire sous la légende. Ils disent les exigences et la prudence des rois, le lourd juridisme des clercs retranchés derrière les règles de la procédure, l'inquiétude d'une Église de l'ordre face aux élans, aux espoirs et aux révoltes de la religiosité populaire. En composant un dossier qui sera ... Read more

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De la condamnation de 1431 à la réhabilitation de 1456, les deux procès de Jeanne d'Arc racontent l'hitoire sous la légende. Ils disent les exigences et la prudence des rois, le lourd juridisme des clercs retranchés derrière les règles de la procédure, l'inquiétude d'une Église de l'ordre face aux élans, aux espoirs et aux révoltes de la religiosité populaire. En composant un dossier qui sera
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Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean

by Hamilton Currey ...

There is, in the deeds of men of action, an interest which is never aroused by those persons of brains and capacity by whom the world is really ruled. The statesman in his cabinet is the god within the machine; it is he who directs the acts of nations, it is he who moves the fleets and armies as if they were pieces on the chess-board; to him, as a rule, is the man of action subordinate, obeying ... Read more

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There is, in the deeds of men of action, an interest which is never aroused by those persons of brains and capacity by whom the world is really ruled. The statesman in his cabinet is the god within the machine; it is he who directs the acts of nations, it is he who moves the fleets and armies as if they were pieces on the chess-board; to him, as a rule, is the man of action subordinate, obeying
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Outlandish Knight

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by Minoo Dinshaw ...

ECONOMIST AND SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'An extraordinary book ... exceptionally fascinating, always readable and penetratingly intelligent' David Abulafia'As rich, funny and teemingly peopled as Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time ... Dinshaw writes with wit and elegance, and the most elegiac passages of Outlandish Knight evoke a lost society London and way of life' Ben Judah, <em ... Read more

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ECONOMIST AND SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'An extraordinary book ... exceptionally fascinating, always readable and penetratingly intelligent' David Abulafia'As rich, funny and teemingly peopled as Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time ... Dinshaw writes with wit and elegance, and the most elegiac passages of Outlandish Knight evoke a lost society London and way of life' Ben Judah, <em
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A History of the Franks

by Gregory of Tours ...

Saint Gregory of Tours (November 30, c. 538 November 17, 594) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather.He wrote in form of late Vulgar Latin; however, it has been argued that this was a deliberate ploy to ensure his works would reach a wide ... Read more

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Saint Gregory of Tours (November 30, c. 538 November 17, 594) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather.He wrote in form of late Vulgar Latin; however, it has been argued that this was a deliberate ploy to ensure his works would reach a wide
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Kemp: Warriors in the Snow

by Jonathan Lunn ...

Series Book 6 - Arrows of Albion
Isolated, frozen to the bone and with no way out Kemp is backBurnt Candlemas. King Edward III invades Scotland in the dead of winter to punish the Scots for their recent attack on Berwick.When the fleet bringing supplies for his army is scattered by a storm, it seems God himself is punishing the English for the arson of a Scottish church. Wrongly blamed for the fire, archer Martin Kemp finds ... Read more

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Isolated, frozen to the bone and with no way out Kemp is backBurnt Candlemas. King Edward III invades Scotland in the dead of winter to punish the Scots for their recent attack on Berwick.When the fleet bringing supplies for his army is scattered by a storm, it seems God himself is punishing the English for the arson of a Scottish church. Wrongly blamed for the fire, archer Martin Kemp finds
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Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

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by Whitney Cox ...

In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a ... Read more

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In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a
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The Cambridge Medieval History - Book II

The Triumph of Christianity

by T.M. Lindsay, H.M. Gwatkin, C.H. Turner ...

THE old or official religions of Greece and of Rome had lost most of their power long before Constantine first declared that Christianity was henceforth to be recognized as a religio licita and then proceeded to bestow the Imperial favor on the faith which his predecessors had persecuted. Hellenism had destroyed their influence over the cultivated classes, and other religions, coming from the East ... Read more

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THE old or official religions of Greece and of Rome had lost most of their power long before Constantine first declared that Christianity was henceforth to be recognized as a religio licita and then proceeded to bestow the Imperial favor on the faith which his predecessors had persecuted. Hellenism had destroyed their influence over the cultivated classes, and other religions, coming from the East
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Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

by John Boswell ...

Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies. ... Read more

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Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies.
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Les broderies de la Cour

Les Ateliers de Dame Alix Tome 1

by Jocelyne Godard ...

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En ce début de Renaissance, dans l’atelier de broderie de la reine Anne, la jeune Alix rêve de devenir lissière pour tisser les tentures de la Cour. Sa rencontre avec Jacquou, que maître Coëtivy a formé dans l’art de la haute-lisse, sera décisive. Mais bien des années devront s’écouler avant qu’ils ne réalisent ensemble le projet d’ouvrir leur propre atelier pour tisser les merveilles qui ornent ... Read more

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En ce début de Renaissance, dans l’atelier de broderie de la reine Anne, la jeune Alix rêve de devenir lissière pour tisser les tentures de la Cour. Sa rencontre avec Jacquou, que maître Coëtivy a formé dans l’art de la haute-lisse, sera décisive. Mais bien des années devront s’écouler avant qu’ils ne réalisent ensemble le projet d’ouvrir leur propre atelier pour tisser les merveilles qui ornent
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Donne madonne mercanti & cavalieri. Sei storie medievali

by Alessandro Barbero ...

Fra' Salimbene da Parma, il francescano che ha conosciuto papi e imperatori, vescovi e predicatori, e su ognuno ha da raccontare aneddoti, maldicenze e pettegolezzi; Dino Compagni, il mercante di Firenze che ha vissuto in prima persona i sussulti politici d'un comune lacerato dai conflitti al tempo di Dante; Jean de Joinville, il nobile cavaliere che ha accompagnato Luigi il Santo alla crociata, ... Read more

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Fra' Salimbene da Parma, il francescano che ha conosciuto papi e imperatori, vescovi e predicatori, e su ognuno ha da raccontare aneddoti, maldicenze e pettegolezzi; Dino Compagni, il mercante di Firenze che ha vissuto in prima persona i sussulti politici d'un comune lacerato dai conflitti al tempo di Dante; Jean de Joinville, il nobile cavaliere che ha accompagnato Luigi il Santo alla crociata,
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Empires of the Normans

Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia

by Levi Roach ...

'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves**'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own' Thomas Williams, bestselling author of Viking Britain'A fresh retelling . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc ... Read more

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'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves**'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own' Thomas Williams, bestselling author of Viking Britain'A fresh retelling . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc
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L'Italia nel Medioevo

by Ludovico Gatto ...

Gli italiani e le loro cittàLa vita degli italiani nell'età di mezzoQuando nella maggior parte del continente popolazioni intere trasmigravano, venivano decimate o addirittura sparivano, non pochi centri italiani si mantennero popolosi e vivaci, divenendo un punto di riferimento della vicenda del nostro Paese lungo i dieci secoli del Medioevo. L'arte, la cultura, la lingua, la situazione economica ... Read more

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