Joan of Arc and Richard III
Sex, Saints, and Government in the Middle Ages
Joan of Arc and Richard III loom large in the histories of their countries, but the myths surrounding them have always obscured just who they were and what they hoped to accomplish. In this book, medieval historian Charles Wood brings these fascinating figures to life through an original combination of traditional biography and wide-ranging discussion of the political and social world in which they lived. Wood draws on a range of unusual sources--from art and legal codes to chronicles and lives of saints--to present a new picture of medieval people and their concerns. Focusing on topics often neglected by other historians, he includes livel…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-534501-8
- EAN: 9780195345018
- Produktnummer: 13865484
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 16'019 KB
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