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The Chronicle of Muntaner
Translated from the Catalan. The text covers 1208-85. Continued to 1328 in Second Series 50 below, with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.
The Catalan Expedition to the East
Ramon Muntaner's account of the bloody adventures of the Almogaver army under Roger of Flor in the eastern Mediterranean in the early fourteenth century, one of the most spellbinding narratives of medieval European literature. Before its definitive fall into Turkish hands, the Byzantine Empire was the target of adventurers of many nations. Outstanding among these groups was the Almogaver army led by Roger of Flor, composed of mercenaries hardened in thewar between the Catalan and Angevin dynasties for domination of Sicily. The Catalan presence in Constantinople aroused suspicion among the Greek nobility who assassinated Roger of Flor and tried to exterminate his men. The devastating reaction...
A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health
The third edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health presents a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health.
The Medieval Way of War
Few historians have argued so forcefully or persuasively as Bernard S. Bachrach for the study of warfare as not only worthy of scholarly attention, but demanding of it. In his many publications Bachrach has established unequivocally the relevance of military institutions and activity for an understanding of medieval European societies, polities, and mentalities. In so doing, as much as any scholar of his generation, he has helped to define the status quaestionis for the field of medieval military history. The Medieval Way of War: Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach pays tribute to its honoree by gathering in a single volume seventeen original studies from an ...
Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century
Using Greek, Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman sources, this volume looks at the relations between Byzantium and its eastern neighbours in the thirteenth century, and presents a new interpretation of the Nicaean Empire and highlights the evidence for its wealth and power.
Authoring the Past
Authoring the Past surveys medieval Catalan historiography, shedding light on the emergence and evolution of historical writing and autobiography in the Middle Ages, on questions of authority and authorship, and on the links between history and politics during the period. Jaume Aurell examines texts from the late twelfth to the late fourteenth century—including the Latin Gesta comitum Barcinonensium and four texts in medieval Catalan: James I’s Llibre dels fets, the Crònica of Bernat Desclot, the Crònica of Ramon Muntaner, and the Crònica of Peter the Ceremonious—and outlines the different motivations for the writing of each. For Aurell, these chronicles are not mere archaeological ...
La Crònica de Ramon Muntaner : edició i estudi
Ramon Muntaner (1265-1336), guerrer i cronista que va servir diversos sobirans del casal de Barcelona, nascut a Peralada i ciutadà de València, fou un testimoni privilegiat dels fets esdevinguts a la Corona d?Aragó del seu temps. A la seva Crònica, sens dubte un dels exponents més notables de la historiografia europea medieval, va narrar les grans fites de l?expansió catalanoaragonesa entre els segles XIII i XIV, com ara les conquistes de Mallorca, València, Sicília i Sardenya o l?expedició de la Companyia Catalana a Bizanci. El relat de totes aquestes campanyes se?ns ofereix des d?un prisma marcadament providencialista: Muntaner veu sempre la mà divina rere els èxits militars i p...
