Readings in Medieval History
Author : Patrick J. Geary
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Middle Ages
ISBN :
Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
Author : Brett Edward Whalen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1442603844
Book Description
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 the fourth through the sixteenth centuries. The collection illustrates the far-reaching significance and consequences of pilgrimage for the culture, society, economics, politics, and spirituality of the Middle Ages. Brett Edward Whalen focuses on sites within Europe and beyond its borders, including the holy places of Jerusalem, and provides documents that shed light upon Eastern Christian, Jewish, and Islamic pilgrimages. The result is an innovative sourcebook that offers a window into broader trends, shifts, and transformations in the Middle Ages.
Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500
Author : John Raymond Shinners
Publisher : Readings in Medieval Civilizat
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442601062
Book Description
This new edition is a marvelous teaching tool and true feast for the intellectually curious. - Daniel Bornstein, Texas A&M University
Readings in Medieval Texts
Author : David Frame Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199261635
Book Description
Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date, and critical views on texts, before providing fascinating and thought-provoking examinations of crucial excerpts and themes. This book will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students on all courses in Medieval Studies, particularly those focusing on understanding literature and its role in society.
Readings in Medieval Political Theory
Author : Cary J. Nederman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780872204881
Book Description
A useful collection of sources, now reprinted, which document and commentate on the formation of medieval political culture between the 12th and 14th centuries. Aimed at a non-specialist readership fifteen texts are presented in English translation and in chronological order supported by suggestions for further reading. These include letters and treatises by Bernard of Clairvaux, Marie de France, John of Salisbury, Thomas Aquinas, John of Paris, Dante Alighieri, William of Ockham, John Wyclif and Christine de Pizan.
The Viking Age
Author : Angus A. Somerville
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 148757049X
Book Description
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 presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings. The third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.
Readings in Medieval History
Author : Patrick J. Geary
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442601167
Book Description
"Geary's careful and wise selection of texts in his reader provides the best balance between range and depth necessary for a successful source book." - Nicholas Everett, University of Toronto
Reading the Middle Ages
Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1442606045
Book Description
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).
A Short Reader of Medieval Saints
Author : Mary-Ann Stouck
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442600942
Book Description
"Mary-Ann Stouck's short reader stands apart in offering an abbreviated but judicious selection of saints' lives perfectly suited as a brief introduction. It fills a particular need with an elegant sufficiency." - Cynthia J. Hahn, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY
The Intolerant Middle Ages
Author : Eugene Smelyansky
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1487533349
Book Description
In this collection of primary sources, Eugene Smelyansky highlights instances of persecution and violence, as well as those relatively rare but significant episodes of toleration, that impacted a broad spectrum of people who existed at the margins of medieval society: heretics, Jews and Muslims, the poor, the displaced and disabled, women, and those deemed sexually deviant. The volume also presents a more geographically diverse Middle Ages by including sources from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Mediterranean. Each document is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for discussion, making The Intolerant Middle Ages an excellent entrance into the lives and struggles of medieval minorities.
