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  • This book looks at family-based political power in three south Italian cities-... This book looks at family-based political power in three south Italian cities--Gaeta Amalfi and Naples--and examines the ways in which medieval families can be reconstructed and their relationships with each other studied. It analyzes the changes... more
  • This book looks at family-based political power in three south Italian cities-... This book looks at family-based political power in three south Italian cities--Gaeta Amalfi and Naples--and examines the ways in which medieval families can be reconstructed and their relationships with each other studied. It analyzes the changes... more
  • Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north o... Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally the region s history in the early Middle Ages... more
  • Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north o... Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally the region s history in the early Middle Ages... more
  • This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to... This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and to situate this evidence within the wider historical... more
  • Among the many states of late medieval Italy one stands out for its unfamiliar... Among the many states of late medieval Italy one stands out for its unfamiliarity to an English audience and for its neglect in historical research: that of the Este family lords (later Dukes) of the cities of Ferrara Modena and Reggio in northern... more
  • Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and dete... Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and determined ruler who maintained her claim to the duchy throughout a war of succession and even after her eventual defeat. This in-depth study examines Jeanne s administrative... more
  • Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and dete... Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and determined ruler who maintained her claim to the duchy throughout a war of succession and even after her eventual defeat. This in-depth study examines Jeanne s administrative... more
  • Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and dete... Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384) duchess of Brittany was an active and determined ruler who maintained her claim to the duchy throughout a war of succession and even after her eventual defeat. This in-depth study examines Jeanne s administrative... more
  • This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-cen... This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-century Catalonia and how they determined the social and political order. In addition to offering insights into subjects as diverse as the power of counts and bishops and the... more
  • This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-cen... This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-century Catalonia and how they determined the social and political order. In addition to offering insights into subjects as diverse as the power of counts and bishops and the... more
  • In this powerfully argued original and well-balanced study Hans Hummer investi... In this powerfully argued original and well-balanced study Hans Hummer investigates the operation of political power in early medieval Europe from 600 to 1000AD. Focusing on the region of Alsace Hummer elucidates the networks of monasteries and... more
  • This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-cen... This book examines the role of written agreements in eleventh- and twelfth-century Catalonia and how they determined the social and political order. In addition to offering insights into subjects as diverse as the power of counts and bishops and the... more
  • This pioneering study of urban society in twelfth-century mainland Norman Ital... This pioneering study of urban society in twelfth-century mainland Norman Italy examines the self-governing role of urban communities and explores their social ordering identities and communal activities. Drawing on charters chronicles annals and... more
  • The barbarians of the fifth and sixth centuries were long thought to be races ... The barbarians of the fifth and sixth centuries were long thought to be races tribes or ethnic groups who toppled the Roman Empire. This book proposes a new view through a case study of the Goths of Italy between 489 and 554. The author suggests... more
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