Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series – serie
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The King's Hall Within the University of Cambridge in the Later Middle Ages
Häftad, 2007
737 kr
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A detailed study of the King's Hall, Cambridge, from its foundation in the early fourteenth century until its dissolution in 1546. It is based largely on the 26 extant volumes of the King's Hall accounts which form one of the most remarkable sequences of medieval collegiate records in Europe. The …
Church/Politcs:Adam Orleton
Häftad, 2005
669 kr
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In recent years Edward II's reign has attracted the attention of a number of scholars whose work has considerably modified the traditional picture. As a result, there has been a move away from the emphasis on constitutional and administrative theory and practice to a consideration of the …
Monarchy and Community
Political Ideas in the Later Conciliar Controversy
Av A. J. Black
Häftad, 2005
636 kr
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A study of political ideas in the conflict between the Council of Basle (1431-1449) and Pope Eugenius IV (1431-1447). The supporters of conciliar and papal supremacy each developed a remarkable array of political doctrines, which can now be seen as the immediate ancestors of later, more famous …
Durham Priory 1400-1450
Av R. B. Dobson
Häftad, 2005
586 kr
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In the course of this work, Dr Dobson is able to throw new light on the universal aspirations and pre occupations of medieval monasticism. He reconstructs life in Durham in the century before its final dissolution and concludes that it was an example of 'comparatively successful conservatism' …
The Two Italies
Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes
Häftad, 2005
435 kr
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This book is a study of the economic development of different areas of twelfth-century Italy whose commercial interests were closely inter related: the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, famed for the wealth of its rulers, and the maritime ports of Genoa, Pisa and Venice, which were actively extending their …
The Diplomas of King Aethlred 'the Unready' 978-1016
Av S. Keynes
Häftad, 2005
821 kr
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The reign of 'thelred 'the Unready' (978-1016) is known to us mainly from a series of annals in the Anglo-Saxon Chrolicle, written at or after its close and accordingly conveying an impression of gathering doom as Viking armies ravaged the country and eventually, under the leadership of Swein …
The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century
Häftad, 2005
905 kr
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Against the background of the struggle between Christianity and Islam for the control of the Spanish Peninsula, this book examines the internal condition of the Spanish Church in the thirteenth century, its relations with the Christian kings and with a succession of great popes. Concentrating upon …
From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre
Logic, Theology and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages
Häftad, 2006
820 kr
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This study is the first modern account of the development of philosophy during the Carolingian Renaissance. In the late eighth century, Dr Marenbon argues, theologians were led by their enthusiasm for logic to pose themselves truly philosophical questions. The central themes of ninth-century …
Law and Society in the Visigothic Kingdom
Av P. D. King
Häftad, 2006
838 kr
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The kingdom of the Visigoths, embracing at its fullest extent Portugal and part of southern France as well as virtually the whole of Spain, boasted the most sophisticated civilization to be be found in any of the Romano-barbarian states created out of the ruin of the Western Empire. Yet its …
Mortmain Legislation and the English Church 1279-1500
Av Sandra Raban
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This is a comprehensive survey of medieval English mortmain legislation from both the point of view of the crown and that of the Church. It examines methods of enforcement and evaluates their success. It traces the emergence of licensing policies and the increasing exploitation of licences for …
Papal Government and England during the Pontificate of Honorius III (1216-1227)
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This study of the administrative 'revolution' of the thirteenth-century papacy investigates the background and career of Honorius III, who was deeply involved in the developing administration of Chamber and Chancery from the late twelfth century, and reveals a picture of evolution rather than …
The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham
1394-1521
Häftad, 2008
653 kr
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As one of the richest and most powerful land-owning families in later medieval England, the Staffords played their leading part in the politics of their time. This book traces the often complex relations between the three Stafford Dukes of Buckingham and the Crown. In doing so it casts light upon …
Aristotelian Aporetic Ontology in Islamic and Christian Thinkers
Av Edward Booth
Häftad, 2008
754 kr
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This is a ground-breaking study of the consequences of a central problem in Aristotle's Metaphysics in the interpretation given to it by Islamic and Christian Aristotelian philosophers: the relationship between individuals as individuals, and individuals as instances of a universal. Father Booth …
Politics, Finance and the Church in the Reign of Edward II
Av Mark Buck
Häftad, 2008
574 kr
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Walter Stapeldon, fifteenth bishop of Exeter, was the founder of Exeter College, Oxford, and the greatest of Edward II's treasurers of the Exchequer. As Edward's regime crumbled in 1326, he paid the price of his master's rapacious policies, of which he was the chief instrument. This study shows how …
The Just War in the Middle Ages
Häftad, 1977
838 kr
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The first systematic attempt to reconstruct from original manuscript sources and early printed books the medieval doctrines relating to the just war, the holy war and the crusade. Despite the frequency of wars and armed conflicts throughout the course of western history, no comprehensive survey has …
Community, Class and Careers
Häftad, 2003
653 kr
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This study of Cheshire and Lancashire society in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries is a unique attempt to reconstruct the social life of an English region in the later Middle Ages. Drawing on the voluminous archives of the two palatinates and the extensive muniment collections of …
The Political Thought of William Ockham
Häftad, 2002
770 kr
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The English Franciscan, William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349), was one of the most important thinkers of the later middle ages. Summoned to Avignon in 1324 to answer charges of heresy, Ockham became convinced that Pope John XXII was himself a heretic in denying the complete poverty of Christ and the …
Universities, Academics and the Great Schism
Häftad, 2002
921 kr
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The election of both Urban VI and Clement VII to the papacy in 1378, by the same body of cardinals, presented the church with an apparently insoluble constitutional difficulty. Dr Swanson examines the reaction to this situation from a hitherto unconsidered perspective: that of the universities to …
The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France
Häftad, 2003
720 kr
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This book presents a balanced account not only of the theoretical framework and legal complexities of the law of treason in later medieval France, but also of the extent and political context of that law's enforcement. By shedding some light on a larger issue - the interplay of law and politics, …
The Church and the Two Nations in Medieval Ireland
Av J. A. Watt
Häftad, 2005
737 kr
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This book examines the way in which the central English government dealt with Irish ecclesiastical matters from the time of the invasion and partial conquest of Ireland by Henry II in 1171 up to the Statute of Kilkenny. The struggle involved the king, the clergy in Ireland, both Irish and English, …
Robert Winchelsey and the Crown 1294-1313
A Study in the Defence of Ecclesiastical Liberty
Häftad, 2002
804 kr
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This is the first detailed study of the career of one of the most important medieval archbishops of Canterbury. Robert Winchelsey sought to defend ecclesiastical rights and liberties at a time when the English Church was under constant pressure from the king and his government, and he suffered …
