As Europe began to grow rich during the Middle Ages, its wealth materialized in the well-made clo...

When does history begin? What characterizes it? This brilliant and beautifully written book disso...

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the ideas and practices of justice in Europe underwen...

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the ideas and practices of justice in Europe under...

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write ...

How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This...

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write ...

Smail shows that the courts were quickly adopted as a public stage on which litigants could take ...

How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This...

Drawing on the rich judicial records of Marseille from the years 1264 to 1423, especially records...

When does history begin? What characterizes it? This brilliant and beautifully written book disso...

In medieval Europe, the word fama denoted both talk (what was commonly said about a person or eve...