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Medieval Medicine
A Reader
Av Faith Wallis
Häftad, 2010
555 kr
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Medical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The …
XIVThe Viking Age
A Reader, Fourth Edition
Av Angus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald
Häftad, 2025
651 kr
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The fourth edition of The Viking Age provides an extensive deep dive into the world of the Vikings, spanning from the eighth and ninth centuries to the present, while also featuring key scholarly interpretations from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Building on the structure and …
Viking Age
A Reader, Third Edition
Av Angus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald
Häftad, 2019
569 kr
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In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources …
Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
A Reader
Häftad, 2011
511 kr
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Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world …
Medieval Travel and Travelers
A Reader
Av John Romano
Häftad, 2020
720 kr
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It is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people – and not only Marco Polo – were on the move for a variety of different reasons.Assuming no previous knowledge of medieval civilizations, this volume …
From Roman to Merovingian Gaul
A Reader
Häftad, 1999
425 kr
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Including such remarkable accounts as Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life, and Gregory of Tours' vivid descriptions of what happens when daily life is enmeshed with politics, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul documents events that are both remarkable in themselves and that …
'Annals' of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966
Av Bernard S. Bachrach, Steven Fanning
Häftad, 2004
353 kr
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This fascinating account is the principal source for a number of momentous political developments leading up to the millennium. These include struggles among the Carolingians, the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, and various Viking and Magyar raids. Academics please note that this is a title …
Muslim and Christian Contact in the Middle Ages
A Reader
Häftad, 2015
511 kr
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To study the interactions between Muslims and Christians in the medieval period is to observe a history of conflict and co-existence encompassing warfare, piracy, and raiding as well as commerce, intellectual exchanges, and personal relationships that transcended religious differences. With …
Medieval Towns
A Reader
Häftad, 2008
511 kr
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This exciting new collection of documents from across Europe gives a fresh perspective and sharp taste of everyday life in a medieval town. The sources range from the standard chronicles and charters to the less often viewed accounts of marriage disputes, urban women, families, the environment, the …
Short Reader of Medieval Saints
Häftad, 2008
367 kr
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This short reader includes selections from Stouck's longer volume, Medieval Saints: A Reader, along with new material. It is designed to briefly introduce students to many of the most famous and representative saints of the age, and can be used to supplement other texts in a more general medieval …
Medieval Saints
A Reader
Häftad, 1998
439 kr
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This text includes a number of writings by or about women saints, as well as a large percentage of material which, prior to this book, was not available in English.
Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500
A Reader, Second Edition
Häftad, 2006
469 kr
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Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500: A Reader, second edition, brings together a unique collection of 82 sources that casts light on the beliefs and practices of ordinary Christians in the Middle Ages whose religious lives have often been overlooked by historians and theologians. Documents new to …
Charlemagne's Courtier
The Complete Einhard
Häftad, 1998
254 kr
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Among the readings included are several existing letters by Emma (Einhard's wife), The Life of Charlemagne, and The History of His Relics. The latter work transports us into an almost unknown world as Einhard, the cool rationalist, arranges for a relic salesman, a veritable bone seller, to acquire …
Vengeance in Medieval Europe
A Reader
Av Daniel Lord Smail, Kelly Lyn Gibson
Häftad, 2009
526 kr
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How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.The sources collected here illustrate the …
'Annals' of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966
Av Bernard S. Bachrach, Steven Fanning
E-bok, 2004
403 kr
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This fascinating account is the principal source for a number of momentous political developments leading up to the millennium. These include struggles among the Carolingians, the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, and various Viking and Magyar raids. Academics please note that this is a title …
Charlemagne's Courtier
The Complete Einhard
E-bok, 1998
336 kr
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Among the readings included are several existing letters by Emma (Einhard's wife), The Life of Charlemagne, and The History of His Relics. The latter work transports us into an almost unknown world as Einhard, the cool rationalist, arranges for a relic salesman, a veritable bone seller, to acquire …
Vengeance in Medieval Europe
A Reader
Av Daniel Lord Smail, Kelly Lyn Gibson
E-bok, 2009
571 kr
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How did medieval society deal with private justice, with grudges, and with violent emotions? This ground-breaking reader collects for the first time a number of unpublished or difficult-to-find texts that address violence and emotion in the Middle Ages.The sources collected here illustrate the …
Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
A Reader
E-bok, 2019
542 kr
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Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world …
Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
A Reader
E-bok, 2019
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world …
From Roman to Merovingian Gaul
A Reader
E-bok, 1999
537 kr
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Including such remarkable accounts as Attila the Hun's meeting with the Pope, Queen Balthild's life, and Gregory of Tours' vivid descriptions of what happens when daily life is enmeshed with politics, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul documents events that are both remarkable in themselves and that …
Gregory of Tours
The Merovingians
E-bok, 2005
403 kr
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Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known to posterity as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories (often called the History of the Franks), Gregory left us detailed …
Medieval Medicine
A Reader
Av Faith Wallis
E-bok, 2010
604 kr
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Medical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The …
Muslim and Christian Contact in the Middle Ages
A Reader
E-bok, 2015
542 kr
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To study the interactions between Muslims and Christians in the medieval period is to observe a history of conflict and co-existence encompassing warfare, piracy, and raiding as well as commerce, intellectual exchanges, and personal relationships that transcended religious differences. With …
Prologues to Ancient and Medieval History
A Reader
Av Justin Lake
Häftad, 2013
468 kr
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The purpose of a prologue in the ancient and medieval world was to define the subject of the work, explain the author's motives and methodology, and obtain the reader's approval of his position. This volume brings together for the first time the most important historical prologues of the European …
Prologues to Ancient and Medieval History
A Reader
Av Justin Lake
E-bok, 2013
504 kr
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The purpose of a prologue in the ancient and medieval world was to define the subject of the work, explain the author's motives and methodology, and obtain the reader's approval of his position. This volume brings together for the first time the most important historical prologues of the European …
Prologues to Ancient and Medieval History
A Reader
Av Justin Lake
E-bok, 2019
470 kr
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The purpose of a prologue in the ancient and medieval world was to define the subject of the work, explain the author's motives and methodology, and obtain the reader's approval of his position. This volume brings together for the first time the most important historical prologues of the European …
The Crusades
A Reader, Second Edition
Av S.J. Allen, Emilie Amt
Häftad, 2014
560 kr
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Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations.
Charlemagne's Courtier
The Complete Einhard
E-bok, 1998
336 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Among the readings included are several existing letters by Emma (Einhard's wife), The Life of Charlemagne, and The History of His Relics. The latter work transports us into an almost unknown world as Einhard, the cool rationalist, arranges for a relic salesman, a veritable bone seller, to acquire …
'Annals' of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966
Av Bernard S. Bachrach, Steven Fanning
E-bok, 2004
370 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This fascinating account is the principal source for a number of momentous political developments leading up to the millennium. These include struggles among the Carolingians, the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, and various Viking and Magyar raids. Academics please note that this is a title …
