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Historians teaching medieval history surveys almost always want to combine a textbook, a sourcebook, and additional readings. Textbooks, as an ever-evolving form, are probably worth the cost, but sourcebooks are often unnecessarily expensive. Unlike some modern history texts, the sources used for medieval history have been around a long time. Very many were translated in the 19th century, and, as a rapid review of any commercial source book will show, it is these 19th century translations which make up the bulk of the texts. Indeed the genealogy of such texts is a minor area of possible historiographical research. Although publishers need make no copyright payments to use these texts, there is no real cost reduction, compared with sourcebooks for modern history surveys.
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Many people envision medieval knights as chivalrous men of great honor and bravery. While this is true for some of the most noble of medieval knights, the majority of medieval knights were actually 'hired protection' (see Medieval History above for more information). Nobles and wealthy landowners needed protection from neighboring nobles who wanted to expand and capture more lands. Highly skilled medieval knights were the solution.
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Philip IV, King of France 1285-1314, was one of the most ruthless of medieval rulers. His conflict with Pope Boniface VIII, one of the most arrogant of medieval Popes, and with Pope Clement V, one of the most timid (who acquiesced in Philip's attack on the Templar Order and other outrages to evade the king's pressure to condemn his predecessor as a heretic), gave rise to a body of writings of great interest to the history of political thought.[72] Of these the most important were Giles of Rome's De ecclesiastica potestate (On Ecclesiastical Power) and John of Paris's De potestate regia et papali (On Royal and Papal Power), both c. 1302,[73] respectively an assertion of supreme papal power and an attempt to restate the dualism of Duo sunt (see §6 and note 35).
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Overall, the medieval castle is well known and endless examples exist. Many have been destroyed through battles in the middle ages or eroded over time, but other medieval castles have been converted into museums or hotels for people to enjoy a fabulous vacation – reliving medieval history.
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