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An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. These five hundred years witnessed the rise of economic systems, and the social theories that would have a …
An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500
Inbunden, 2009
1677 kr
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This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. These five hundred years witnessed the rise of economic systems, and the social theories that would have a …
Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval Europe
Häftad, 1995
486 kr
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Relying on a broad range of printed and secondary sources, Wage Labor and Guilds charts the history of guilds from their antecedents in the Roman Empire to their 'crisis' in the fourteenth century. . . . As a much-needed synthesis, [the book] will serve students well.""-- Speculum ""A thoughtful …
Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528
Häftad, 2001
616 kr
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In this comprehensive history of Genoa, Steven Epstein traces the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire. His story bridges six centuries of medieval Renaissance history, interweaving political events, economic …
Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528
E-bok, 2000
535 kr
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Set in the middle of the Italian Riviera, Genoa is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But Genoa was also one of medieval Europe’s major centers of trade and commerce. In Genoa and the Genoese, 958–1528 , Steven Epstein has written the first comprehensive history of the …
Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval Europe
E-bok
535 kr
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Relying on a broad range of printed and secondary sources, Wage Labor and Guilds charts the history of guilds from their antecedents in the Roman Empire to their ''crisis'' in the fourteenth century. . . . As a much-needed synthesis, [the book] will serve students well.-- Speculum "A thoughtful and …
Talents of Jacopo Da Varagine
A Genoese Mind in Medieval Europe
Inbunden, 2015
1229 kr
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Jacopo da Varagine (c. 1228–1298) is remembered today primarily for his immensely popular work The Golden Legend, a massive collection of stories about the saints. Compiled over the years 1260–67, The Golden Legend quickly eclipsed earlier collections of saints' lives. One indication of its …
Speaking of Slavery
Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy
Häftad, 2018
413 kr
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In this highly original work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery. The author's findings about the surprising persistence of the "language of slavery" …
Portraits of Medieval and Renaissance Living
Essays in Memory of David Herlihy
Av Samuel K. Cohn Jr., Steven A. Epstein
Inbunden, 1996
1368 kr
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This volume--a collection of essays dedicated to one of this century's most distinguished medieval historians, David Herlihy--introduces the general reader to the new social history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The essays address three themes: sex and the family, power and patronage in …
Speaking of Slavery
Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy
Inbunden, 2001
841 kr
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In this highly original work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery. The author's findings about the surprising persistence of the "language of slavery" …
Purity Lost
Transgressing Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000–1400
Inbunden, 2007
625 kr
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Purity Lost investigates the porous nature of social, political, and religious boundaries prevalent in the eastern Mediterranean-from the Black Sea to Egypt-during the Middle Ages. In this intriguing study, Steven A. Epstein finds that people consistently defied, overlooked, or transcended …
The Medieval Discovery of Nature
Inbunden, 2012
1548 kr
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This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about it. Ancient societies bequeathed to the Middle Ages both the Bible and a pagan conception of natural …
