The Middle Ages, 300-1500
Author: James Westfall Thompson
Publisher: New York, A. A. Knopf
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 682
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Author: James Westfall Thompson
Publisher: New York, A. A. Knopf
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 682
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel Power
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0199253110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDaniel Power traces the history of Europe in the central Middle Ages (950-1320), an age of far-reaching change for the continent. Seven contributors consider the history of this period from a variety of perspectives, including political, social, economic, religious and intellectual history.
Author: Joseph Dahmus
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780760700365
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"During the Merovingian centuries when most kings were weak, and brutal men fought over power and booty, ordinary folk, as well as many who were not so ordinary, again found themselves in desperate need of protection. The result was the appearance and wide extension of a practice called commendation. ....[from back cover]
Author: Captivating History
Publisher: Ch Publications
Published: 2019-05-11
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781950922000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the least understood periods of European history occurred between the 6th century and the 14th or 15th century (depending on which historian you ask). Commonly called the Middle Ages, this was a time period of extreme change for Europe, beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Author: John M. Riddle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-02-25
Total Pages: 558
ISBN-13: 1442246863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events—both natural and human—that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective, Riddle includes northern and eastern Europe, Byzantine civilization, and the Islamic states. Each, he convincingly shows, offered values and institutions—religious devotion, toleration and intolerance, laws, ways of thinking, and changing roles of women—that presaged modernity. In addition to traditional topics of pen, sword, and word, the author explores other driving forces such as science, religion, and technology in ways that previous textbooks have not. He also examines such often-overlooked issues as medieval gender roles and medicine and seminal events such as the crusades from the vantage point of both Muslims and eastern and western Christians. In addition to a thorough chronological narrative, the text offers humanizing features to engage students. Each chapter opens with a theme-setting vignette about the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. The book also introduces students to key controversies and themes in historiography by featuring in each chapter a prominent medieval historian and how his or her ideas have shaped contemporary thinking about the Middle Ages. Richly illustrated with color plates, this lively, engaging book will immerse readers in the medieval world, an era that shaped the foundation for the modern world.
Author: Miri Rubin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0199697299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the people and their lifestyles. Including stories of kingship and Christian salvation, agriculture and trade, Rubin demonstrates the remarkable nature and legacy of the Middle Ages.
Author: Richard William Church
Publisher:
Published: 1877
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chris Wickham
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2006-11-30
Total Pages: 1019
ISBN-13: 019162263X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. As a result, early medieval history is much more fragmented, and there have been few convincing syntheses of socio-economic change in the post-Roman world since the 1930s. In recent decades, the rise of early medieval archaeology has also transformed our source-base, but this has not been adequately integrated into analyses of documentary history in almost any country. In Framing the Early Middle Ages Chris Wickham combines documentary and archaeological evidence to create a comparative history of the period 400-800. His analysis embraces each of the regions of the late Roman and immediately post-Roman world, from Denmark to Egypt. The book concentrates on classic socio-economic themes, state finance, the wealth and identity of the aristocracy, estate management, peasant society, rural settlement, cities, and exchange. These give only a partial picture of the period, but they frame and explain other developments. Earlier syntheses have taken the development of a single region as 'typical', with divergent developments presented as exceptions. This book takes all different developments as typical, and aims to construct a synthesis based on a better understanding of difference and the reasons for it.
Author: Sidney Painter
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 497
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martyn Whittock
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2013-02-07
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1472107667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary. Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger 'the Raker' who drowned in his own sewage, a 'merman' imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society. Through these characters and events - and using the latest discoveries and research - the dynamic and engaging panorama of medieval England is revealed.