Defensor Pacis

Marsilius Of Marsilius of Padua

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• Marsilius of Padua is one of the few truly revolutionary figures in the history of political philosophy. The first to propound the separation of Churc... Lees meer

The Two Cities

Otto Bishop of Otto Bishop of Freising

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• The twelfth-century bishop Otto of Freising was the outstanding historian of his century. The Two Cities was his masterwork, spanning in time from Ada... Lees meer

Imperial Lives and Letters of the Eleventh Century

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• Although numerous texts are available in translation that illustrate the papal side of the Investiture Controversy, few accounts exist that convey the... Lees meer

The Murder of Charles the Good

Galbertof Bruges

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• "And it should be known that I, Galbert, a notary, though I had no suitable place for writing, set down on tablets a summary of events... and in the m... Lees meer

The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa

Otto Bishop of Otto Bishop of Freising

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• "The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa" is the "official biography" of German king and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. This historical firsthand account w... Lees meer

The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor

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• This is the first complete translation into English of Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon, composed in the late 1130's. Lees meer

Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris

Bernardus Silvestris

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• Several studies on the often turbulent relationship between the Christians and the Jews. The first, by Professor Hyam Maccoby, is a historical-theolog... Lees meer

Giles of Rome's on Ecclesiastical Power

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• Giles of Rome was the archbishop of Bourges and a loyal champion of Pope Boniface VIII during the Franco-papal crisis of 1296-1303. On Ecclesiastical ... Lees meer

The Correspondence of Pope Gregory VII

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An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds

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• An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds is the first English verse translation of the Greek satirical poem Diegesis Paidiophrastos ton Zoon ton Tetrapodon ... Lees meer

Medieval Trade in the Mediterranean World

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• This collection of merchant documents is essential reading for any student of economic developments in the Middle Ages who wishes to go beyond the lev... Lees meer

The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor

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• This is the first complete translation into English of Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalicon , composed in the late 1130's. Lees meer

The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia

Henricus Lettus

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• The only English translation available of the most important first-hand account of the "Northern Crusades" in the Baltic states has finally been repri... Lees meer

The Letters of St. Boniface

St St Boniface

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• St. Boniface, the early eighth-century English cleric who became known as "Apostle to the Germans," was an important agent in the conversion of the No... Lees meer

The Conquest of Constantinople

Robert Of Clari

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• The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) set out to capture the Holy Land; it ended up sacking Constantinople, an Orthodox Christian city and the capital of the... Lees meer

The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris

Bernardus Silvestris

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• Several studies on the often turbulent relationship between the Christians and the Jews. The first, by Professor Hyam Maccoby, is a historical-theolog... Lees meer

Medieval Handbooks of Penance

John McNeill, Helena Gamer

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• Guidelines for medieval clerics on how to assign appropriate penances for particular sins, in readable translations with detailed introductions. Lees meer

History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen

Adam Of Adam of Bremen

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• Adam of Bremen's history of the see of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from the late eighth to the late eleventh century is the p... Lees meer

Two Renaissance Book Hunters

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• A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the redi... Lees meer

Medieval Trade in the Mediterranean World

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• This collection of merchant documents is essential reading for any student of economic developments in the Middle Ages who wishes to go beyond the lev... Lees meer