A Warrior Bishop Of The Twelfth Century

Author : Balderich (of Florennes)
Publisher : PIMS
ISBN 13 : 9780888442949
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Warrior Bishop of the Twelfth Century written by Balderich (of Florennes) and published by PIMS. This book was released on 2008 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Balderich's Deeds of Albero offers much insight into the conflicts between church and state during the twelfth century. The Gesta Alberonis records the exploits of Albero von Montreuil (Archbishop of Trier, 1131-1152), portraying him as a daring hero doing battle on behalf of the "Liberty of the Church." This translation of the Deeds is prefaced by a historical introduction and includes maps, a select bibliography, and an index."--Jacket.

Author : Timothy Reuter
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826426751
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warriors and Churchmen in the High Middle Ages written by Timothy Reuter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1992-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Karl Leyser was pre-eminent in the English-speaking world as the historian of medieval Germany, his work has increased our understanding of European society as a whole. In particular, he brought to life nobles and ecclesiastics, by combining a profound knowledge of the primary sources with an imaginative ability to understand motives and attitudes. Warriors and Churchmen in the High Middle Ages brings together essays by Karl Leyser's pupils, many of them distinguished historians in their own right, on subjects which he himself illuminated.

Author : Craig M. Nakashian
Publisher : Boydell Press is
ISBN 13 : 9781783271627
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warrior Churchmen of Medieval England, 1000-1250 written by Craig M. Nakashian and published by Boydell Press is. This book was released on 2016 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8 The Angevins, Part II (Richard I, John, and Henry III): Crusaders for King and Christ -- Conclusion: The Thirteenth Century and Beyond -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Ludger Körntgen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110262045
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages written by Ludger Körntgen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increased interest in religion as a phenomenon and its various cultural contexts is encouraging a focus on the relationship between religion and politics. However, the political relevance of the religious and the interdependence between political and religious spheres has always been a major area of medieval research. The articles in this volume consider not only the principle inseparability of both spheres as previously established by research, but also the beginnings of a differentiation and relative autonomy of religion and politics within the framework of a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom. This allows the identification of restrictions within the research traditions that are due to national histories and points to ways of overcoming these restrictions.

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Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526119161
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noble society written by and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides scholars and students alike with a set of texts that can deepen their understanding of the culture and society of the twelfth-century German kingdom. The sources translated here bring to life the activities of five noblemen and noblewomen from Rome to the Baltic coast and from the Rhine River to the Alpine valleys of Austria. To read these five sources together is to appreciate how interconnected political, military, economic, religious and spiritual interests could be for some of the leading members of medieval German society-and for the authors who wrote about them. Whether fighting for the emperor in Italy, bringing Christianity to pagans in what is today northern Poland, or founding, reforming and governing monastic communities in the heartland of the German kingdom, the subjects of these texts call attention to some of the many ways that noble life shaped the world of central medieval Europe.

Author : Vesey Norman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783031360
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Soldier written by Vesey Norman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author outlines the development of the undisciplined barbarian war bands of the Dark Ages into the feudal armies of the early Middle Ages. It deals with the arms and equipments of the soldier, not only from surviving specimens but also from descriptions in contemporary medieval documents. Vesey Norman covers the slow development of tactics and the transition of the warrior from a personal follower of a war leader to the knight who served his feudal overlord as a heavily armored cavalryman in return for land. He details the attitude of the Church to warfare, the rise of chivalry and the development of the knights of the military orders, the Templars, the Hospitallers and the Teutonic Knights. He answers such questions as what classes of men made up the army, who commanded them, and how they were equipped, paid and organized. Since armies frequently has to be transported by water, a brief description of contemporary ships in included.

Author : Björn Weiler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316518426
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paths to Kingship in Medieval Latin Europe, c. 950–1200 written by Björn Weiler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did kingship mean to medieval Europeans - especially to those who did not wear a crown? From the training of heirs, to the deathbed of kings and the choosing of their successors, this engaging study explores how a ruler's subjects shaped both the idea and the reality of power.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004681086
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Reform in the Latin West, 10th to Early 12th Century written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of studies investigates how people of the 10th to early 12th century experienced and represented processes of intentional change in the Church, and what the consequences are of modern scholars’ reliance on ‘reform’ to describe and interpret these processes. In 11 thematic chapters it takes stock of the current state of research and offers suggestions to deepen our understanding of the ideological, institutional, and cultural dynamics at play. Contributors are Julia Barrow, Robert F. Berkhofer III, Gordon Blennemann, Katy Cubitt, Nicolangelo D'Acunto, Anne-Marie Helvétius, Ludger Körntgen, Rutger Kramer, Brigitte Meijns, Diane Reilly, Rachel Stone, and Steven Vanderputten.

Author : Christian Raffensperger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000935531
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Medieval Europe was Ruled written by Christian Raffensperger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of studies on rulership in medieval Europe focus on one kingdom; one type of rule; or one type of ruler. This volume attempts to break that mold and demonstrate the breadth of medieval Europe and the various kinds of rulership within it. How Medieval Europe was Ruled aims to demonstrate the multiplicity of types of rulers and polities that existed in medieval Europe. The contributors discuss not just kings or queens, but countesses, dukes, and town leadership. We see that rulers worked collaboratively with one another both across political boundaries and within their own borders in ways that are not evident in most current studies of kingship, inhibited by too narrow a focus. The volume also covers the breadth of medieval Europe from Scandinavia in the north to the Italian peninsula in the south, Iberia and the Anglo-Normans in the west to Rus, Byzantium and the Khazars in the east. This book is geared towards a wide audience and thus provides a broad base of understanding via a clear explanation of concepts of rule in each of the areas that is covered. The book can be utilized in the classroom, to enhance the presentation of a medieval Europe survey or to discuss rulership more specifically for a region or all of Europe. Beyond the classroom, the book is accessible to all scholars who are interested in continuing to learn and expand their horizons.

Author : John Guy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679603417
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Becket written by John Guy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honor NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KANSAS CITY STAR AND BLOOMBERG Becket’s life story has been often told but never so incisively reexamined and vividly rendered as it is in John Guy’s hands. The son of middle-class Norman parents, Becket rose against all odds to become the second most powerful man in England. As King Henry II’s chancellor, Becket charmed potentates and popes, tamed overmighty barons, and even personally led knights into battle. After his royal patron elevated him to archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, however, Becket clashed with the King. Forced to choose between fealty to the crown and the values of his faith, he repeatedly challenged Henry’s authority to bring the church to heel. Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between the two men, separates truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casts doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket’s seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God. Here is a Becket seldom glimpsed in any previous biography, a man of many facets and faces: the skilled warrior as comfortable unhorsing an opponent in single combat as he was negotiating terms of surrender; the canny diplomat “with the appetite of a wolf” who unexpectedly became the spiritual paragon of the English church; and the ascetic rebel who waged a high-stakes contest of wills with one of the most volcanic monarchs of the Middle Ages. Driven into exile, derided by his enemies as an ungrateful upstart, Becket returned to Canterbury in the unlikeliest guise of all: as an avenging angel of God, wielding his power of excommunication like a sword. It is this last apparition, the one for which history remembers him best, that will lead to his martyrdom at the hands of the king’s minions—a grisly episode that Guy recounts in chilling and dramatic detail. An uncommonly intimate portrait of one of the medieval world’s most magnetic figures, Thomas Becket breathes new life into its subject—cementing for all time his place as an enduring icon of resistance to the abuse of power.