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These essays explore political and institutional aspects of the changing relationship between France and Brittany, within the context of Anglo-French relations, as well as social consequences of the development of a largely autonomous state within the larger French kingdom.

Through Danzig, now Gdansk, passed the greatest part of the trade that linked the West with Poland and the Baltic. This book examines the social and economic sides of this process, looking at articles of commerce and trends in urbanization, as well as patterns of poor relief and gender relations.

This collection brings together a series of studies by Peter Marshall on British imperial expansion in the later 18th century. Some essays focus on the 13 North American colonies, the West Indies and British contact with China; the majority deal with the processes and dynamics of empire-building.

The studies in this book are concerned with aspects of the remarkable development of this religion.

Jean Richard's study explores the relationships between the crusaders and their heathen foes during the crusading period. The author shows how inseparable the crusades and the pilgrimages were.

The Jewish community of early modern Venice was perhaps the leading Jewish community of its time. This text deals with central issues in the experience of the Jews of Venice, and so of Diaspora Jewish history in general.

Preface; The French Estates and the Corpus Mysticum Regni; When and why Hotman wrote the Francogallia; The monarchomach triumvirs: Hotman, Beza, and Mornay; 'Quod omnes tangit' - a post scriptum; Medieval jurisprudence in Bodin's concept of sovereignty; The presidents of Parlement at the royal funeral; Rules of inheritance.

The third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar, this book aims to integrate knowledge of Islamic art with Islamic culture and history as well as with the global concerns of the History of Art. It covers topics such as architecture, painting, objects, iconography, theories of art, aesthetics and ornament.

The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier" (1528) which encapsulates this sense of renewal.

Meercier's work shows that there is a unity in medieval astronomy in spite of the great diversity in cultural settings, which included South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Byzantium, and Europe.

Complements the previous collection of articles by the author, "Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics", and deals with the development of mathematics in Europe from the 12th century to about 1500. Including the discoveries of Johannes Regiomontanus in trigonometry and algebra, this book cover the knowledge and application of Euclid's "Elements".

The articles in this volume describe the activities of people living on the coasts of the Indian Ocean, generously defined, during the early modern period. Most are based, at least in part, on Portuguese materials.

Focuses on towns in England in the centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Tudor period. Urban topography, archaeology, economy, society and politics are brought under review, and particular attention is given to relationships between towns and the Crown, to the evidence for migration into towns, and to the question of urban fortunes.

Seeks to delineate a histographical problem, at the same time rendering patristics as part of the subject matter of a new literary history. After preliminary essays marking out the field the volume is organised in three sections by authors, forms of discourse and disciplines.

Spanning thirty years, this volume contains papers that reflect three of Professor Colish's interests as a historian of medieval scholastic thought. The first group of studies represent investigations that flowed into, and out of, the research on Peter Lombard (d 1161) and his contemporaries that culminated in her book "Peter Lombard" (1994).

Dante's "Comedy" is a puzzling poem because the author wanted to lead his readers to understanding by engaging their curiosity. While many obscure matters are clarified in the course of the poem itself, others have remained enigmas that have fascinated Dantists for centuries. This work explores different ways to read the "Comedy."

Combines research into various kinds of schools with overviews of European and especially Italian education. This volume explores the connections between education, religion, and politics at several levels and in different contexts. It compares Italian and German universities and assesses the impact of the Protestant Reformation on the latter.

The medieval Christian West's most radical practitioners of a Neoplatonic, negative theology with a mystical focus are John Scottus Eriugena, Meister Eckhart and Nicholas Cusanus. This book views these thinkers' efforts through the lens of contemporary philosophical hermeneutics.

Brings together a selection of the author's pioneering essays. Based on archival research, this book reflects his special interest in social mobility and use of the knighthoods for patronage. It also focuses on the role of the orders in the Portuguese maritime expansion and in India and Brazil, and on the medical profession.

Features a collection of articles that displays the author's reappraisal of the economic and socio-cultural history of the Jews of Italy during the Renaissance and the early modern period, focusing on their encounter with and incorporation into the Italian society that surrounded them.

Focusing on the wide-ranging character of the Enlightenment, both in geographical and intellectual terms, this title explores the movement's filiation and influence in various contexts. It emphasizes the evolutionary rather than the revolutionary character of the Enlightenment and its ability to change society by adaptation rather than demolition.

Brings together articles on the different numeral forms used in the Middle Ages, and their use in mathematical and other contexts. This title discusses how different types of numerals are used for different purposes, and the application of numerals to the abacus, and to calculation with pen and ink.

Identifies and collects the surviving sources of an important repertory of early medieval music; this is the so-called Beneventan Chant, used in southern Italy in the early middle ages, before the adoption there of the now-universal music known as Gregorian chant.

A collection of articles that deals with travels, encounters and the exchange of knowledge in the Mediterranean and Western Asia during the 16th and 17th centuries, focusing on three historiographical concerns. It describes how Catholic or Protestant travellers learned about and accessed Muslim scholarly literature.

Collects a set of papers on ancient Platonism that span the nine centuries between Plato himself and his commentator Olympiodorus in the 6th century. This title deals with Socrates, Plato and the Old Academy, the Platonic revival and the 2nd century AD, and later Neoplatonism.