This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church...

'The most accessible, up-to-date introduction to its subject ... does full justice to the multi...

At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile-or abjuration-flourished i...

Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the ar...

In this wide-ranging and provocative study, the author assesses the overall significance of wo...

The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike nort...

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe i...

A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle...

The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no ...

Essays reflecting the most recent research on the thirteenth century, with a timely focus on the ...