This dissertation seeks to show that Pero Tafur's Andanças é viajes, far from being a mere geographical and historical compendium, the aspect most emphasized by his prior critics, is, in fact, the record of a man pointedly seeking greater recognition and social standing through …
"The period between the late tenth and late twelfth centuries saw many changes in the structure and composition of the European and English aristocracy. One of the most important is the growth in local power bases and patrimonies at the expense of wider property and kinship ties…
Investigation of the growing regional power of the English aristocracy in the central middle ages.
Determined to win the heart of the man she has long loved from afar, Henrietta Ashby enlists the aid of England's most notorious courtesan to teach her how to seduce Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, a rogue who has vowed never to marry.
Determined to win the heart of the man she has long loved from afar, Henrietta Ashby enlists the aid of England's most notorious courtesan to teach her how to seduce Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, a rogue who has vowed never to marry.
Helena first met Sebastian Cynster by chance in the courtyard of her convent school, but it is not until seven years later that they fall in love.