All the King s Women Polygyny and Politics in Europe 900 1250 Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : BRILL
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In All the King’s Women Jan Rüdiger investigates medieval elite polygyny and its ‘uses’ in Northern Europe with a comparative perspective on England and France as well as

• Publisher : Reaktion Books
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A critical reassessment of world-shaping Portuguese voyages of discovery that places these quests in historical context. The lasting impact of historic Portuguese voyages of discovery is unquestionable. The slave trade,

• Publisher : Pen and Sword History
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Marriage for Medieval kings was about politics, power and the provision of legitimate heirs. Mistresses were about love, lust and possession. It was a world that included kidnap, poison, murder,

• Publisher : Routledge
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The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature provides readers with a comprehensive reassessment of the value of humanism in an intellectual landscape. Offering contributions by leading international scholars, this volume

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
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How did sexual relationships work before, in and outside of marriage in the pre-modern era? What problems did contraception and sexually transmitted diseases pose? How did people deal with prostitution

• Publisher : Hutchinson Radius
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"An excellent prince, doubtless, had he been less addicted to women .. those wicked creatures took him from all application becoming so great a king.' John Evelyn The image of

• Publisher : Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press
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In Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval North. The Norwegian-Scottish Frontier c. 1260-1470, Ian Peter Grohse offers an account of social and political relations in the frontier community of Orkney

• Publisher : BRILL
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In this volume Chris Callow provides a critical reading of the evidence for changes in Iceland’s socio-political structures from its colonisation to the 1260s when leading Icelanders swore oaths

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.