Walled Towns and the Shaping of France - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Walled Towns and the Shaping of France write by M. Wolfe. This book was released on 2009-08-31. Walled Towns and the Shaping of France available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book focuses on the development of towns in France, taking into account military technology, physical geography, shifting regional networks tying urban communities together, and the emergence of new forms of public authority and civic life.
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: T-Z
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: T-Z - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: T-Z write by Leonard Forrer. This book was released on 1916. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: T-Z available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History of the Counts of Brienne (950 - 1210)
A History of the Counts of Brienne (950 - 1210) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Counts of Brienne (950 - 1210) write by Dana Celeste Robinson. This book was released on 2017-09-12. A History of the Counts of Brienne (950 - 1210) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A History of the Counts of Brienne traces the origins of the Brienne dynasty from the tenth century, as counts of a small, minor county in the Champagne region of France, to prominent crusaders in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, one of whom would go on to become king of Jerusalem and emperor of Constantinople. In the late 1090s, impelled by the words of Pope Urban II, thousands of Europeans took up arms and set out from Western Europe to reclaim Jerusalem from the Saracens. Jerusalem was recaptured, and the ruling classes of the Latin East were formed by nobles, predominantly French, who established themselves as kings, princes and magnates. After the success of the First Crusade, word of the defeat of the Saracens and the opportunity for upward mobility in the Holy Land began to spread rapidly across the West and additional waves of crusaders and settlers made their way to the Levant. French dynasties, usually titled, landed families of some sway, such as the Lusignan, the Montlhery, the Montfort, and the Brienne, amongst others, were attracted to the Holy Land for various reasons: some due to religiosity, others for the opportunity to further increase their landholdings and wealth. In A History of the Counts of Brienne, Dana Celeste Robinson brings into focus the importance of family, tradition of crusading and pilgrimage, and political advancement through marriage in the Latin East to the Brienne and other families at a time when the seeds of geo-political unrest were planted: its fruit an unfortunate legacy as the struggle for peace in the Holy Land continues today. In a panoramic assessment using archival research, this comprehensive history of the counts of Brienne and their origins serves as an original work of scholarship on the preeminence of localized power in Medieval France and the ascendancy of dynastic influence in the Holy Land during the age of the crusades.
Memoirs
Memoirs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Memoirs write by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (prince de Bénévent). This book was released on 1892. Memoirs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Altera Roma
Altera Roma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Altera Roma write by Claire L. Lyons. This book was released on 2016-12-31. Altera Roma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. In an age of exploration and conquest, Spanish soldiers, missionaries, and merchants brought an array of cultural preconceptions. Their encounter with Aztec civilization coincided with Europe's rediscovery of classical antiquity, and Tenochtitlan came to be regarded a "second Rome," or altera Roma. Iberia's past as the Roman province of Hispania served to both guide and critique the Spanish overseas mission. The dialogue that emerged between the Old World and the New World shaped a dual heritage into the unique culture of Nueva Espana. In this volume, ten eminent historians and archaeologists examine the analogies between empires widely separated in time and place and consider how monumental art and architecture created "theater states," a strategy that links ancient Rome, Hapsburg Spain, preconquest Mexico, and other imperial regimes.
