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Изобретая первую войну России и Европы: Балтийские войны второй половины XVI в. глазами современников и потомков [Inventing the First War Between Russia and Europe: The Baltic Wars of the Second Half of the 16th Century Through the Eyes of Contemporaries and Descendants]
Filiushkin, Aleksandr I.

In his book, Aleksandr I. Filiushkin examines the Livonian War (1558–1583) through the lens of contemporary and later sources, analyzing how perceptions of the conflict were constructed, transmitted, and transformed in historical memory.

Review by: Ermolaeva, Anastasiia, 2025-09-08 10:03
#Filiushkin, Aleksandr I.
#Baltics
#Eastern Europe
#Historiography
#Ideology
#Ivan IV Vasilyevich
#Early Modern

Gewalt und Gefangenschaft im Mittelalter
Meier, Frank

Frank Meier introduces the topics of violence and captivity in medieval warfare. He confronts normative thinking about violence with the practices of violence.

Review by: Kister, Michael, 2025-09-03 10:31
#Meier, Frank
#Europe
#Historiography
#Prisoners of War
#Violence
#Early Modern
#Middle Ages

Solo sermone. Überlieferung und Deutung politischer Ansprachen der Päpste im Mittelalter
Strack, Georg
Review by: Büttner, Marco, 2024-11-07 02:10
#Strack, Georg
#Latin Europe
#Historiography
#Ideology
#Papacy
#Rhetorics
#Rituals
#Crusades
#High Middle Ages
#Late Middle Ages

The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Morton, Nicholas

This book by Nicholas Morton focuses not, as the title would suggest, on the Mongol Empire itself but on the many different cultures, religions, and empires of the Near East and their reactions to the oncoming Mongol Storm. The book is divided into twelve rather short sections, which highlight the various aspects of the invasion from different geographical, political, religious, and cultural viewpoints.

Review by: Schmidt, Vincent, 2024-05-16 11:36
#Morton, Nicholas
#Middle East
#Historiography
#Mongols
#Middle Ages

Warhorse. Cavalry in Ancient Warfare
Sidnell, Philipp

This monograph by Philip Sidnell covers the topic of cavalry and mounted warfare in antiquity.

Review by: Nagy, Goldie, 2023-05-08 03:18
#Sidnell, Philipp
#Greece
#Mediterranean
#Roman Empire
#Archaeology
#Historiography
#Cavalry
#Warfare and Military Organization
#Antiquity

Die Reconquista. Christen und Muslime auf der Iberischen Halbinsel 711–1492
Jaspert, Nikolas

In this short book, Nikolas Jaspert attempts to provide an overview of the history of the so-called Reconquista. Contrary to the image of a steady reconquest of Islamic territories, Jaspert aims to stress that this period was in fact characterized by various kinds of cultural exchange. Against this backdrop, he deconstructs the Reconquista as a powerful, but flawed narrative that does not sufficiently take into account the changing courses of the wars on the Iberian Peninsula and which obscures other aspects of the relations between Christians, Muslims and also Jews in this period.

Review by: Büttner, Marco, 2023-05-07 04:20
#Jaspert, Nikolas
#Iberian Peninsula
#Historiography
#Ideology
#Frontier societies & border regions
#Reconquista
#Middle Ages

Religious Horror and Holy War in Viking Age Francia
Gillis, Bryan

Bryan  Gillis explores the use of what he labels “horror rhetoric” by West-Francian authors in response to the misery befalling the kingdom from the 880s until the 920s

Review by: Peters, Bart, 2022-09-27 08:00
#Gillis, Bryan
#France
#Latin Europe
#Historiography
#Reception History
#Carolingians
#Violence
#Early Middle Ages
#Middle Ages

A History of Byzantium
Gregory Timothy E.

Timothy E.Gregory gives an overview over Byzantium’s history from the 3rd century to the fall of Constantinople.

Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja, 2022-03-18 08:44
#Gregory Timothy E.
#Byzantine Empire
#Cultural History
#Historiography
#Byzantine-Persian relations
#Constantine
#Early Middle Ages
#Late Middle Ages
#Middle Ages

Das Kreuz und der Halbmond. Die Geschichte der Türkenkriege
Matschke, Klaus Peter

The Book retells the history of the Turkish wars from the crusades in the 14th centuries until the great Turkish war in 1699.

Review by: Mallas, Simon, 2022-03-18 04:30
#Matschke, Klaus Peter
#Ottoman Empire
#Historiography
#Crusades
#Early Modern
#Middle Ages

Byzantium at War: AD 600-1453
Haldon, John

Haldon’s book explores the ways in which the medieval east Roman Empire secured its long existence.

Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja, 2021-10-11 02:20
#Haldon, John
#Byzantine Empire
#Historiography
#Byzantine army
#Middle Ages

Kriegsführung im Mittelalter. Handlungen, Erinnerungen, Bedeutungen
Prietzel, Malte

This standard work of medieval cultures of war covers numerous aspects of medieval warfare and highlights connections between various regions and eras.

Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen, 2021-10-11 12:16
#Prietzel, Malte
#Historiography
#Burials
#Middle Ages

Princeps omni laude maior. A History of Stephen the Great
Gorovei Ștefan S. and Székely, Maria Magdalena

Ștefan S. Gorovei and Maria Magdalena Székely are both professors at the Faculty of History at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.

Review by: Chiriluş, Oana-Andreea, 2021-10-11 10:59
#Gorovei Ștefan S.
#Székely, Maria Magdalena
#Southern and Central Europe
#Historiography
#Ștefan cel Mare
#Stephen the Great
#Early Modern

Narratologie und Geschichte. Eine Analyse schottischer Historiografie am Beispiel des »Scotichronicon« und des »Bruce«
Hachgenei, Davina

Davina Hachgenei implements a narratological method for the analysis of the two Late Medieval Scottish sources “Scotichronicon” and the “Bruce”

Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen, 2021-05-19 01:21
#Hachgenei, Davina
#Scotland
#Historiography
#Narrative Theory
#Robert Bruce
#Late Middle Ages

Making History in Ninth-Century Northern and Southern Italy
Berto, Luigi Andrea

Making History in Ninth-Century Northern and Southern Italy focuses on historical narratives in Italy, where locals interacted with Muslims, Franks and Byzantines.

 

Review by: Peters, Bart, 2021-05-19 01:08
#Berto, Luigi Andrea
#Italy
#Historiography
#Middle Ages

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