The Oxford History of Medieval Europe, Paperback - George Holmes

This is the most authoritative account of life in Medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of the Renaissance. Full cove...

This richly illustrated book tells the story of Europe and the Mediterranean over the thousand years which saw the creation of Western Civilization...

Reducere. As the very first book of its kind, An Environmental History of Medieval Europe provides a highly original survey of medieval relations with the na...

The Oxford History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history, and how it helped create the world we live ...

In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative and compelling work tells the story of the r...

Reducere. The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the perio...

DescriptionSince its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the ...

From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership,...

Explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to under...

In 1144, the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore dis...

The Bright Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1, 000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, br...

This volume is devoted to life-writing in English from 1945 to the present day, a period in which life-writing became an increasingly popular and a...

Reducere. A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. The Oxford Hist...

Reducere. Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Richard (Professor of musicology, Professor of musicology, University of California, Berkeley) Tar...

This is a comprehensive study of the early history, art and archaeology of Europe, ranging from the coming of Stone Age Man to the fall of the Roma...

The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, Second Edition, immerses students in the engaging story of the Western musical tradition. By ...

Reducere. For five decades, Medieval Europe: A Short History has been the best-selling text for courses on the history of Medieval Europe. This acclaimed boo...

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Reducere. The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world...

Reducere. This abundantly illustrated volume arises out of the painstaking work of the Georgia Quilt Project, the most authoritative survey of quilts and qui...

DescriptionTraces Islamic influence on commerce, science, technology, philosophy and European self-awareness in the Middle Ages

With over 180 maps, commentaries and a bibliography, this second edition of a reference guide to medieval Europe brings the colourful history of th...

Medieval Europe is a dark and dangerous place. It is a place where love clashes with ambition and violence rules - enemies are blinded, rivals are ...

The story of the evolution of the 'European project', from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through to Brexit, this is also the story of how, and why...

In the twelfth century AD, Venice is little more than an agglomeration of small islands snatched from the muddy tides. The magnificent city-lagoon ...

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1, 000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium ...

Reducere. Saint Gregory of Tours' comprehensive history of the Frankish people, who ruled over much of what is modern-day France and Germany, is published he...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Notre-Dame de Paris, then keep reading...It was with horror and sadness that the people of the w...

Reducere. A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550, demolishes the widely held view that the phrase "medieval business" is an oxymoron. The author...

DescriptionThis edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of The Black Death, then keep reading... The Black Death was the first recorded pandemic...

Engages with the materiality of medieval manuscripts to illustrate the importance of the study of physical texts to literary appreciation, and stud...

Reducere. For many years scholars have sought to explain why the European states that emerged in the period before the French Revolution developed along such...

This engaging history of dynastic power in medieval Europe explores the role of family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics of royal a...

This book explores rural societies in western Europe from 700-1050. It focuses on the bottom of the social hierarchy, rejectingviews that see rural...

Praise for the first edition: "To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement." --Histo...

Publisher: Zone BooksAuthor(s): Caroline Walker BynumNumber of pages: 344Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 32Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analy...

Reducere. "In this stimulating and important book Lester Little advances the original thesis that, paradoxically, it was the leading practitioners of volunta...

This is a survey of European history, from the coup d'etat of Napoleon, to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo. It concentrates on ...

DescriptionSwords were special in Anglo-Saxon England. Their names, deeds and pedigrees were enshrined in writing. Many were curated for generation...

In 1230, Jews in the English city of Norwich were accused of having seized and circumcised a five-year-old Christian boy named Edward because they ...

Studies the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet and artist David Jones (1895-1974) to explore how modern British poetry has engaged with the early medieva...

Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between Pre-Raphaelite ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of The Black Death, then keep reading...The Black Death was the first recorded pandemic in Europe a...