Author: Lister M. Matheson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1573567809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 730

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From Thomas Becket to Charlemagne, from Leif Erickson to Count Dracula, this series of biographical essays separates truth from legend as it explores the lives of some of the most accomplished and influential figures of medieval history. Drawing on the latest research, Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints examines the lives of some of the most remarkable personalities of the Medieval Era—powerful, ruthless, compassionate, brilliant people who remain widely influential today. Each portrait in this extraordinary gallery sets its subject in the context of their world, revealing what we really know about their lives, their iconic status in their own times, and their lasting legacies in our time. Readers will encounter fascinating individuals devoted to the pursuit of power (Richard III), to freedom (Robert the Bruce), to philosophy and religion (Maimonides; Thomas More), and to the arts (Dante; Hildegard of Bingen). Additional chapters explore life in the medieval castle and the advent of siege warfare—two defining developments in the Middle Ages.

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ISBN: 9780313340802
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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Author: M. Williams
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137057262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs.

Author: Louisa Twining
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Early Christian
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: Vladimir Ivanovici
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783506790828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: M. Williams
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137057262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs.

Author: Adolphe Napoléon Didron
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Marc Cels
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778713555
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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This beautiful book highlights works of art from illuminated manuscripts, and images of stained glass, paintings, jewelry, and tapestries that have survived since the Middle Ages. Children will delight in reading about tales of chivalry and fantasy, mystery plays, as well as medieval languages.

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Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Author: Eleanor Janega
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1785785923
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the medieval period's present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We'll see how the foundations of the modern West were established, influencing our art, cultures, religious practices and ways of thinking. And we'll explore the lives of those seen as 'Other' - women, Jews, homosexuals, lepers, sex workers and heretics. Join historian Eleanor Janega and illustrator Neil Max Emmanuel on a romp across continents and kingdoms as we discover the Middle Ages to be a time of huge change, inquiry and development - not unlike our own.