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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.
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.
Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 examines the changes which cults of Byzantine military saints underwent in Rus.
Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900 deals with the cultural history of what the author calls „graphic signs“.
Kaeuper’s book describes which aspects of chivalric life were the authors’ creations and which aspects had a connection to the everyday life of actual people.
The volume Krieg und Christentum, edited by Andreas Holzem, offers numerous articles concerning the history of Christian war experience.
John F. Shean’s monograph Soldiering for God approaches the topic by giving an analysis of the development of Christianity within the Roman army.
Early Medieval Hagiography attempts to outline the nature of hagiographical narratives, and to describe complexity and diversity of the Early Middle Ages
In this work, Havener undertakes the task of examining the way in which the Roman emperor Augustus was represented as a successful military leader.