Social struggles in the Middle Ages Social struggles in the Middle Ages This part comprises the history of social thought from the fourth to the fourteenth century, and therefore of the Middle Ages proper. The heretical- social movement, which from…
Arabian society in the Middle Ages studies from The thousand and one nights When Mr Lane translated the " Thousand and One Nights," he was not content with pro- during a mere rendering of the Arabic text: he saw that the manners and ideas …
The mediaeval mind: a history of the development of thought and emotion in the Middle Ages. The instances of romantic chivalry and courtly love reviewed in the last chapter exemplify ideals of conduct in some respects opposed to Christian ethics. Bu…
The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem The sources on which we depend for the history of the time of the great Crusades, and which have been used by Gibbon and Michaud, are well known and accessible. They include the Chronicles of Foucher of Chartres, who a…
A history of the life of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, king of England PDF book by George Payne James (1849) "A History of the Life of Richard Cœur-de-lion, King of England" by George James is a comprehensive account of the life and reign of one o…
Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem From introduction: SALADIN is one of the few Oriental Personages who need no introduction to English readers . Sir Walter Scott has performed that frie…
History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages When the gigantic struggle of the Middle Ages between the spiritual and secular powers was fought out, no mission of universal importance to the European …
The first crusade the accounts of eyewitnesses and participants From preface: When Henry Adams sought to triangulate the progress of modern civilization he fixed his historical transit at Mont St. Michel and Chartres in the days of the First Crusade…
The crusades The Crusades were a series of wars, waged by men who wore on their garments the badge of the Cross as a pledge binding them to rescue the Holy Land and the Sepulchre of Christ from the grasp of crusades— the unbeliever. The dream of su…
