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Civilization in the West

Civilization in the West more books like this

by Mark A Kishlansky

The Primary Source Edition of Civilization in the West blends social and political history into a fascinating narrative that brings history to life and includes a special section at the end of the book containing 1 to 2 primary sources with critical thinking questions per chapter. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is ...

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Readings in Medieval History

Readings in Medieval History more books like this

by Patrick J Geary (Editor)

A new edition of the most successful and highly praised one volume collection of source materials on the medieval period.

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Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages

Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval ...

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Readings in Medieval History: Volume I: The Early Middle Ages

Readings in Medieval History: Volume I: The Early Middle Ages more books like this

by Patrick J Geary (Editor)

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Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World

Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

From the twilight of the Roman Empire emerged the kingdoms of Merovingian Europe (c. 400-700 AD), which were, in turn, the basis for the nations of medieval and modern Europe. Professor Geary draws on the latest archaeological and historical findings to elucidate one of the least understood periods of European history. This text is aimed at both ...

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A Brief History of Western Civilization: The Unfinished Legacy, Single Volume Edition

A Brief History of Western Civilization: The Unfinished Legacy, Single Volume Edition more books like this

by Mark A Kishlansky, Patrick J Geary, Patricia O'Brien

Concise and engaging, A Brief History of Western Civilization, Fourth Edition, brings the study of Western Civilization alive with balanced coverage of a wide array of historical figures and events. Fully integrated coverage of social--as well as economic, religious, and cultural history within a traditional, political framework makes this text ...

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Phantoms of Remembrance: Memory and Oblivion at the End of the First Millennium

Phantoms of Remembrance: Memory and Oblivion at the End of the First Millennium more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

This text makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of 11th-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. Women praying for their dead, monks creating and recreating their archives, scribes choosing which royal families of the past to applaud and ...

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Living with the Dead in the Middle Ages

Living with the Dead in the Middle Ages more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

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Celine Remembering Louisiana, 1850-1871 more books like this

by Celine Garcia, Patrick J Geary (Editor)

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Societies and cultures in world history

Societies and cultures in world history more books like this

by Mark A Kishlansky

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The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe

The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

This academic study compares the 19th-century views that promoted nationalism by invoking the notion of a national spirit, with the writing of classical historians. The author sees in the latter a view that supports the idea that groups were more heterogeneous in their histories, alliances, and cultures than the latter writers maintain.

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Living in the Tenth Century: Mentalities and Social Orders more books like this

by Lutz F Kaebler, Heinrich Fichtenau, Patrick J Geary (Translator)

A consideration of tenth-century Europe on the eve of the second millennium. Fichtenau offers a survey of all the main spheres of life: the social order, the rural economy, schooling and religious belief and practice in both the secular and monastic church.

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The Unfinished Legacy: A Brief History of Western Civilization more books like this

by Mark A Kishlansky

Concise and engaging, The Unfinished Legacy, 2E, brings the study of Western Civilization alive with comprehensive coverage of a wide array of characters and events.

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Medieval Concepts of the Past: Ritual, Memory, Historiography more books like this

by Gerd Althoff (Editor), Johannes Fried (Editor), Patrick J Geary (Editor)

Medieval Concepts of the Past shows how the history of the Middle Ages is reshaped by leading medieval historians in Germany and the United States in the light of cultural and social-scientific investigations into ritual, language and memory. These two national traditions of medieval scholarship, which have been largely separated over the course ...

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Readings in Medieval History: Volume II: The Later Middle Ages more books like this

by Patrick J Geary (Editor)

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Societies and Cultures in World History, Volume I, to 1650, Chapters 1 - 16 more books like this

by Mark A Kishlansky, Patrick J Geary, Patricia O'Brien

The first text to incorporate the work of specialists in diverse areas of World History throughout its coverage, Societies and Cultures in World History provides up-to-date insights into the history of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, as well as early and modern Asia. The text provides a streamlined, thematic presentation of cultures in ...

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Women at the Beginning: Origin Myths from the Amazons to the Virgin Mary more books like this

by Patrick J Geary

In these four artfully crafted essays, Patrick Geary explores the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women. Geary describes the often marginal role women played in origin legends from antiquity until the twelfth century. Not confining himself to one religious tradition or region, he probes the tensions between women in biblical, ...

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Leon Fremaux's New Orleans Characters more books like this

by Patrick J Geary (Editor), Leon Joseph Fremaux

A French national, Fremaux captured the familiar images of his adopted Louisiana from the 1850s through the 1870s. Each of the 18 full-color prints is accompanied by original captions in both French and English.

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Franks, Northmen, and Slavs: Identities and State Formation in Early Medieval Europe more books like this

by Ildar H Garipzanov (Editor), Patrick J Geary (Editor), Przemysaw Urbanczyk (Editor)

In recent decades, historians attempting to understand the transition from the world of late antiquity with its unitary imperial system to the medieval Europe of separate kingdoms have become increasingly concerned with the role of early medieval gentes, or peoples, in the end of the former and the constitution of the latter.

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Authors of the Middle Ages Vol. II, Nos. 5-6: Historical and Religious Writers of the Latin West more books like this

by Patrick J Geary (Editor), Valerie I Flint, Constant J Mews

This volume continues the "Authors of the Middle Ages" series. It discusses the life, writings and influence of Peter Abelard, and the career as well as works of Honorius Augustodunensis.

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Readings in Medieval Hist V01 more books like this

by Patrick J. Geary (Editor)

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Authors of the Middle Ages. Vol.4. Nos. 12-13, Historical and religious writers of the Latin West more books like this

by Patrick J. Geary

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Am Anfang Waren Die Frauen

by Patrick J. Geary

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Medieval Germany in America more books like this

by Patrick J. Geary, Otto Gerhard Oexle

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Mèmoire Et Oubli La Fin Du Premier Millènaire

by Patrick J Geary

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