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Papal Bull. Print, Politics and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome
Meserve, Margaret

This book analyses the early use of the printing press in papal political communication, decades before the protestant reformation. In doing so, it explores a huge archive of incunabula and challenges many conventional narratives of the media history of late medieval warfare.

Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz, 2025-04-22 07:00
#Meserve, Margaret
#Europe
#Cultural History
#Papacy
#Political History
#Propaganda
#Late Middle Ages
#Renaissance

The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land
Halperin, Charles J.

In this short book, Charles J. Halperin examines the transformation of the myth of the Rus’ Land. According to the author’s concept, this myth, which originated in the pre-Christian era (before 988), evolved from a clan-based myth into a dynastic legend of the Rurikids. Initially associated exclusively with the Dnieper River valley, the myth was transferred in the 14th century to the Suzdal region (translatio of the Rus’ land), where Moscow rulers (Vladimirovichi, a branch of the Rurikids dynasty) monopolized it.

Review by: Gvozdev, Egor, 2025-01-21 02:06
#Halperin, Charles J.
#Eastern Europe
#Grand Duchy of Moscow
#Novgorodian Republic
#Principality of Tver
#Rus
#Cultural History
#Ivan IV Vasilyevich
#Early Modern
#Middle Ages

Tsars and impostors. The struggle of ideas in Russia in the Time of Troubles
Antonov, Dimitrij I.

Dr. Antonov’s book is fascinating and sheds new light on the Time of Trouble perception. The monograph is essential for researchers of the history of the Tsardom of Russia in the Early Modern period and all the more for cultural history specialists.

Review by: Gvozdev, Egor, 2024-06-11 12:39
#Antonov, Dimitrij I.
#Grand Duchy of Moscow
#Cultural History
#Boris Godunov
#Vasilij Shuijskij
#Early Modern

Controversial Histories – Current Views on the Crusades
Hinz, Felix and Meyer-Hamme, Johannes

The edited volume at hand aims to provide an overview of contemporary international discourse on the subject for both students and researchers. It assembles 27 current perspectives of academics on the role of the Crusades in the historical culture of their respective countries.

Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz, 2023-05-08 02:45
#Hinz, Felix
#Meyer-Hamme, Johannes
#Europe
#Middle East
#Cultural History
#Crusades
#Public History
#König Joel
#Middle Ages

Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365
Vásáry, István

The book under examination covers the period between 1185 and 1365 and has to do with the history of two nomadic peoples, namely the Cumans and the Tatars.

Review by: Rukavichnikova, Maria, 2022-04-05 05:11
#Vásáry, István
#Byzantine Empire
#Cultural History
#Diplomacy
#Military History
#Auxiliaries
#Cavalry
#Chivalry
#Michael VIII Palaiologos
#High 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

Kreuzzug als Selbstbeschreibung. Burgundische Statuspolitik in den spätmittelalterlichen Traktaten des Jean Germain
Burkart, Eric

Eric Burkharts dissertation aims to challenge the view on the crusade politics of the late medieval dukes of Burgundry (1363-1477).

Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz, 2022-03-18 04:26
#Burkart, Eric
#Burgundy
#Cultural History
#Theology
#Crusades
#Philip the Good
#Late Middle Ages

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