Skip to main content
Search Button
Estados Unidos Tienda Kobo Tarjetas de regalo Ayuda

Kobo Rakuten

Wishlist

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Artículos no disponibles para compra.
Por favor revisa tu carrito. Puedes eliminar los artículos no disponibles ahora o los eliminaremos nosotros automáticamente al momento de pagar.
artículosartículo
artículosartículo

Recomendado para ti

Loading...


“charles insley”

1 - 12 de 12 resultados para “charles insley”
Skip side bar filters

  • Transformation in Anglo-Saxon Culture

    Toller Lectures on Art, Archaeology and Text

    Edición de Charles Insley, Gale R. Owen-Crocker ...
    The five authoritive papers presented here are the product of long careers of research into Anglo-Saxon culture. In detail the subject areas and approaches are very different, yet all are cross-disciplinary and the same texts and artefacts weave through several of them. Literary text is used to interpret both history and art; ecclesiastical-historical circumstances explain the adaptation of usage ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Debating medieval Europe

    The early Middle Ages, c. 450–c. 1050

    de Craig Caldwell, Paul Fouracre, Jinty Nelson, Simon Loseby, Charles Insley, T. J. H. McCarthy, Paul Oldfield, Robert Portass ...
    Series series Manchester University Press
    Debating medieval Europe serves as an entry point for studying and teaching medieval history. Rather than simply presenting foundational knowledge or introducing sources, it provides the reader with frameworks for understanding the distinctive historiography of the period, digging beneath the historical accounts provided by other textbooks to expose the contested foundations of apparently settled ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

La gente que leyó estos también disfrutó

  • Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

    de Alan Ereira, Terry Jones ...
    Was medieval England full of knights on horseback rescuing fainting damsels in distress? Were the Middle Ages mired in superstition and ignorance? Why does nobody ever mention King Louis the First and Last? And, of course, those key questions: which monks were forbidden the delights of donning underpants... and did outlaws never wear trousers?Terry Jones and Alan Ereira are your guides to this ... Leer más

    $17.69 USD

  • Rosslyn Chapel

    de Mark Naples ...
    The MysteryWhat is it that brings so many people to this out-of-the-way chapel? Not only is Rosslyn Chapel (or, to give it its official title, the Collegiate Church of St Matthew) a stunning example of late medieval architecture and the stonemason's art, but it contains many clues that it is more than just a place of worship – and even that it was never intended to be simple a Christian church ... Leer más

    $3.68 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Winters in the World

    A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

    de Eleanor Parker ...
    Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring not only the rituals and customs linked to the different seasons, but the profound relationship between human life and the rhythms of nature. Eleanor Parker provides an imaginative connection to the Anglo-Saxon world, tracing the surprising history of its festivals – many of which ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Alfred the Great

    Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources

    de Asser, Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge ...
    Traducido por Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge ...
    Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred's service and worked with him in his efforts to revive religion and learning in his kingdom, this life is among the earliest surviving royal biographies. It is an admiring account of King Alfred's life, ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

    Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

    de Guy Halsall ...
    King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the 'facts' about, or to unlock the secret or ... Leer más

    $18.09 USD

  • The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel

    de Philip Coppens ...
    Rosslyn Chapel has fuelled controversy and debate, and is probably most famous for being the setting of the finale of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code". Revered by Freemasons as a vital part of their history, believed by some to hold evidence of pre-Columbian voyages to America, assumed by others to hold important relics, from the Holy Grail to the Head of Christ, the Scottish chapel is a place full ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Norman Conquest

    A Very Short Introduction

    de George Garnett ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what actually happened? How was the invasion viewed by those who witnessed it? And how has its legacy been seen by generations since? This fascinating Very ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • From Memory to Written Record

    England 1066 - 1307

    de Michael T. Clanchy ...
    This seminal work of scholarship, which traces the development of literacy in medieval England, is now fully updated in a third edition.This book serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students throughout the worldFeatures a completely re-written first chapter, ‘Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest', and a new postscript by the author reflecting on the ... Leer más

    $38.00 USD

  • Medieval Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 1)

    The Enduring Tradition – Ireland from the Coming of Christianity to the Reformation

    de Michael Richter ...
    Series Libro 1 - New Gill History of Ireland
    Medieval Ireland – The Enduring Tradition, the first instalment in the New Gill History of Ireland series, offers an overview of Irish history from the coming of Christianity in the fifth century to the Reformation in the sixteenth, concentrating on Ireland's cultural and social life and highlighting Irish society's inherent stability in an very unstable period. Such a broad survey reveals ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Æthelstan

    de Sarah Foot ...
    Series series The English Monarchs Series
    The powerful and innovative King Æthelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements during those eventful fifteen years changed the course of English history. He won spectacular military victories (most notably at Brunanburh), forged unprecedented political connections across Europe, and succeeded in creating the first unified kingdom of the English. To claim for him the title of ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD