Author: John M. Riddle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9781442246850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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This text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events both natural and human that defined the medieval era. Richly illustrated with color plates, this lively, engaging book will immerse readers in an era that shaped the foundation for the modern world."
Author: John M. Riddle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9781442246850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Book Description
This text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events both natural and human that defined the medieval era. Richly illustrated with color plates, this lively, engaging book will immerse readers in an era that shaped the foundation for the modern world."
Author: Richard Kieckhefer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107431824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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A fascinating study of natural and demonic magic within the broad context of medieval culture.
Author: Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442606029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 553
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Covering over one thousand years of history and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition contains 40 new readings, including 13 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).
Author: Barbara Hanawalt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195103599
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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A history of the Middle Ages, including the merger of Roman, Christian, and Germanic cultures; the transformation of the Roman Empire; and social, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of medieval life.
Author: John Aberth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415779463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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"The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of attitudes towards the environment during this period. Humankind's relationship with the environment shifted gradually over time from a predominantly adversarial approach to something more overtly collaborative, until a series of ecological crises in the late Middle Ages. With the advent of shattering events such as the Great Famine of 1315-22 and the Black Death of 1348-49, medieval people began to think of and relate to their natural environment in new and more nuanced ways. They now were made to be acutely aware of the consequences of human impacts upon the environment, anticipating the cyclical, "new ecology" approach of the modern world. Exploring the entire medieval period from 500 to 1500, and ranging across the whole of Europe, from England and Spain to the Baltic and Eastern Europe, John Aberth focuses his study on three key areas: the natural elements of air, water, and earth; the forest; and wild and domestic animals. Through this multi-faceted lens, An Environmental History of the Middle Ages sheds fascinating new light on the medieval environmental mindset."--Publisher's description.
Author: František Šmahel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004154884
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 648
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This volume includes twenty-one studies on the history of the University of Prague in the 14th to 16th centuries. Focusing upon the Faculty of Liberal Arts, the book deals with the academic learning, mainly from a doctrinal point of view.
Author: Michael Grunbart
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110194760
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 540
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This volume presents 22 studies on aspects of rhetorical culture from Late Antiquity to the last years of the Byzantine Empire. Many of them concentrate on the effects and social relevance of the art of public speaking, above all in the Greek speaking world, and particular attention is paid to the performative character of rhetoric. The contributions deal both with individual authors, as well as general phenomena of medieval literature.
Author: Marsha Groves
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778713579
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Discusses the different manners and customs that were practiced by kings, knights, ladies, and peasants.
Author: Dana Carleton Munro
Author: François Louis Ganshof