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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

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

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

Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200
White, Monica

Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 examines the changes which  cults of Byzantine military saints underwent in Rus.

Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja, 2021-10-11 02:27
#White, Monica
#Byzantine Empire
#Rus
#Ideology
#Saints, Hagiography and Warfare
#Demetrios
#George
#Theodore
#Early Middle Ages

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900
Garipzanov, Ildar

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“.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-09-20 07:34
#Garipzanov, Ildar
#Europe
#Archaeology
#Ideology
#Numismatics
#Burials
#Coins
#Constantine
#Early Middle Ages
#Late Antiquity

Medieval Chivalry
Kaeuper, Richard

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.

Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen, 2021-05-19 01:15
#Kaeuper, Richard
#England
#Ideology
#Chivalry
#Late Middle Ages

Krieg und Christentum. Religiöse Gewalttheorien in der Kriegserfahrung des Westens
Holzem, Andreas

The volume Krieg und Christentum, edited by Andreas Holzem, offers numerous articles concerning the history of Christian war experience.

Review by: Krumbiegel, Manuel, 2021-04-24 10:31
#Holzem, Andreas
#Roman Empire
#Ideology
#Christianity and Warfare
#Augustin
#Christ
#Late Antiquity

Soldiering for God. Christianity and the Roman Army
Shean, John

John F. Shean’s monograph Soldiering for God approaches the topic by giving an analysis of the development of Christianity within the Roman army.

Review by: Krumbiegel, Manuel, 2021-04-24 10:28
#Shean, John
#Roman Empire
#Ideology
#Christianity and Warfare
#Constantine
#Late Antiquity

Early Medieval Hagiography
Palmer, James

Early Medieval Hagiography attempts to outline the nature of  hagiographical narratives, and to describe complexity and diversity of the Early Middle Ages

Review by: Peters, Bart, 2021-04-24 10:20
#Palmer, James
#Europe
#Ideology
#Saints, Hagiography and Warfare
#Late Antiquity

Imperator Augustus. Die diskursive Konstituierung der militärischen persona des ersten römischen princeps
Havener, Wolfgang

In this work, Havener undertakes the task of examining the way in which the Roman emperor Augustus was represented as a successful military leader.

Review by: Groll, Florian, 2021-04-24 04:01
#Havener, Wolfgang
#Roman Empire
#Ideology
#Civil War
#Augustus
#Antiquity

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