An account of the politics, religion and culture of England in the 150 years after the Norman Conquest. It provides a picture of everyday existence to increase understanding of all aspects of medieval society at a time when it was still deeply enmeshed with the politics and culture of France.[...]

How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which medieval people categ[...]

Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine eyewitnesses attested to his demise, Cragh later prove[...]

En tidig vinterdag år 1290 hängs walesaren William Cragh på galgbacken utanför Swansea. Men märkligt nog återfår han livet efter sin avrättning, något som sätter igång en händelsekedja i vilken till och med påven blir indragen. William Cragh hävdar nämligen att hans mirakulösa uppst�[...]

"The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics - that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudence - found the[...]

In Global Democracy and Sustainable Jurisprudence, Walter Baber and Robert Bartlett explore the necessary characteristics of a meaningful global jurisprudence, a jurisprudence that would underpin international environmental law. Arguing that theories of political deliberation offer useful insights i[...]

A ground-breaking modern manual on an ancient art, Real Alchemy draws on both modern scientific technology and ancient methods. A laboratory scientist and chemist, Robert Allen Bartlett provides an overview of the history of alchemy, as well as an exploration of the theories behind the practice. Cle[...]