John of Brienne
Title | John of Brienne PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Perry |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2013-10-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107513200 |
John of Brienne's progress, from mid-ranking knightly status to king of Jerusalem and, later, Latin emperor of Constantinople, traces one of the most remarkable careers in the entire medieval period. But how and why did he achieve such heights? This biographical study of aristocratic social and geographical mobility in the 'Age of the Crusades' reassesses John's fascinating life, and explores how families and dynasticism, politics, intrigue, religion and war all contributed to John's unprecedented career. John was a major figure in the history of the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, and yet very much a product of the workings of the society of his day. This book reveals how John's life, and its multifarious connections to France, Italy, the German empire and the papacy, can illuminate the broad panorama of the early thirteenth-century world, and the zenith of the crusading movement.
Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre
Title | Crusader Art in the Holy Land, From the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre PDF eBook |
Author | Jaroslav Folda |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 804 |
Release | 2005-09-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0521835836 |
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The Briennes
Title | The Briennes PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Perry |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2018-08-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1107196906 |
The first comprehensive study of the Brienne dynasty, a fascinating example of the international aristocracy in the central Middle Ages.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Title | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Gibbon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Title | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Gibbon |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2022-05-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3375017979 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.
The History of the County of Derby: Drawn Up from Actual Observation, and from the Best Authorities
Title | The History of the County of Derby: Drawn Up from Actual Observation, and from the Best Authorities PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Glover |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | Derbyshire (England) |
ISBN |
The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II
Title | The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II PDF eBook |
Author | Filip Van Tricht |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004383182 |
In The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II Filip Van Tricht presents a microstudy of political, social and cultural life in Latin-Byzantine Constantinople and Romania. A ‘new’ set of sources is used to question the traditionally negative view of the Byzantine capital under Latin rule. Combined with an analysis of other underused historical materials, mid-13th century Latin-Byzantine Constantinople is redefined as a city that—in spite of the Western conquest during the Fourth Crusade—remained dynamic, with vibrant internal and international politics, and with interesting developments in the social, religious, artistic, and scientific spheres. Against the background of a shared Roman past the metropolis on the Bosporus became a fascinating laboratory of Latin-Byzantine interaction.