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Author : Henri Pirenne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Medieval Cities written by Henri Pirenne and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henri Pirenne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
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Download or read book Medieval Cities written by Henri Pirenne and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This little volume contains the substance of lectures ... delivered from October to December 1922 in several American universities."--Pref. Bibliography: p. [245]-249.
Author : Henri Pirenne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Medieval Cities written by Henri Pirenne and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henri Pirenne
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400851203
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Medieval Cities written by Henri Pirenne and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. Here, Henri Pirenne argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest in the seventh century. The consequent interruption of long-distance commerce accelerated the decline of the ancient cities of Europe. Pirenne challenges conventional wisdom by attributing the origins of medieval cities to the revival of trade, tracing their growth from the tenth century to the twelfth. He also describes the important role the middle class played in the development of the modern economic system and modern culture. Featuring a new introduction by Michael McCormick, this Princeton Classics edition of Medieval Cities is essential reading for all students of medieval European history.
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Download or read book Medieval Cities ; Their Origins and the Revival of Trade written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henri Pirenne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136788557
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe written by Henri Pirenne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century.
Author : Jean Henri Otto Lucien Marie Pirenne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Medieval Cities written by Jean Henri Otto Lucien Marie Pirenne and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Pounds
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313324980
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book The Medieval City written by Norman Pounds and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, the author delves into urban planning or lack thereof; the urban way of life; the church in the city; city government; urban crafts and urban trade, health, wealth, and welfare; and the city in history. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work. After a long decline in urban life following the fall of the Roman Empire, towns became centers of trade and of liberty during the medieval period. Here, the author describes how, as Europe stabilized after centuries of strife, commerce and the commercial class grew, and urban areas became an important source of revenue into royal coffers. Towns enjoyed various levels of autonomy, and always provided goods and services unavailable in rural areas. Hazards abounded in towns, though. Disease, fire, crime and other hazards raised mortality rates in urban environs. Designed as an introduction to life of towns and cities in the medieval period, eminent historian Norman Pounds brings to life the many pleasures, rewards, and dangers city-dwellers sought and avoided. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, Pounds delves into Urban Planning or lack thereof; The Urban Way of Life; The Church in the City; City Government; Urban Crafts and Urban Trade, Health, Wealth, and Welfare; and The City in History. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work.
Author : Oliver J. Thatcher
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book A Source Book for Mediæval History written by Oliver J. Thatcher and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.
Author : Joseph Shatzmiller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691176183
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Cultural Exchange written by Joseph Shatzmiller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating that similarities between Jewish and Christian art in the Middle Ages were more than coincidental, Cultural Exchange meticulously combines a wide range of sources to show how Jews and Christians exchanged artistic and material culture. Joseph Shatzmiller focuses on communities in northern Europe, Iberia, and other Mediterranean societies where Jews and Christians coexisted for centuries, and he synthesizes the most current research to describe the daily encounters that enabled both societies to appreciate common artistic values. Detailing the transmission of cultural sensibilities in the medieval money market and the world of Jewish money lenders, this book examines objects pawned by peasants and humble citizens, sacred relics exchanged by the clergy as security for loans, and aesthetic goods given up by the Christian well-to-do who required financial assistance. The work also explores frescoes and decorations likely painted by non-Jews in medieval and early modern Jewish homes located in Germanic lands, and the ways in which Jews hired Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and create liturgical objects. Conversely, Christians frequently hired Jewish craftsmen to produce liturgical objects used in Christian churches. With rich archival documentation, Cultural Exchange sheds light on the social and economic history of the creation of Jewish and Christian art, and expands the general understanding of cultural exchange in brand-new ways.
Author : Joseph R. Strayer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400828570
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State written by Joseph R. Strayer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State is a classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. This short, clear book book explores the European state in its infancy, especially in institutional developments in the administration of justice and finance. Forewords from Charles Tilly and William Chester Jordan demonstrate the perennial importance of Joseph Strayer's book, and situate it within a contemporary context. Tilly demonstrates how Strayer’s work has set the agenda for a whole generation of historical analysts, not only in medieval history but also in the comparative study of state formation. William Chester Jordan's foreword examines the scholarly and pedagogical setting within which Strayer produced his book, and how this both enhanced its accessibility and informed its focus on peculiarly English and French accomplishments in early state formation.
Author : David Rollason
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317861353
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Early Medieval Europe 300-1050 written by David Rollason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire saw extraordinary change across Western Europe - in institutions, social structure, rural and urban life, religion, learning, scholarship and art. This innovative textbook provides students coming to the study of Early Medieval Europe for the first time with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period for themselves. It identifies major research questions and historiographical debates and offers guidance on how to engage with and evaluate the major documentary sources and the evidence of art history and archaeology. Ideally structured to support courses and classes in Medieval European history, the book's features include: Over 50 carefully selected maps and illustrations accompanied by explanatory commentary Detailed guidance on further reading with research questions to aid understanding Timelines and maps to orientate the reader in each chapter An extensive companion website providing practical study guidance, reference materials and access to further primary sources Offering a road map to the rich written and non-written sources for this period, and the exciting recent scholarship, this book is an essential guide for any student wishing to gain a deeper level of understanding and greater confidence in creative and independent historical thought.
Author : Robert S. Lopez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521290463
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350 written by Robert S. Lopez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1976-03-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman and barbarian precedents The growth of self-centered agriculture The take-off of the commerical revolution The uneven diffusion of commercialization Between crafts and industry The response of the agricultural society.
Author : William M. Cavert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107073006
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Smoke of London written by William M. Cavert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William M. Cavert investigates the origins of urban air pollution, explaining how this problem arose during the early modern period.
Author : Caroline Walker Bynum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1942130384
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Dissimilar Similitudes written by Caroline Walker Bynum and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects Between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, European Christians used a plethora of objects in worship, not only prayer books, statues, and paintings but also pieces of natural materials, such as stones and earth, considered to carry holiness, dolls representing Jesus and Mary, and even bits of consecrated bread and wine thought to be miraculously preserved flesh and blood. Theologians and ordinary worshippers alike explained, utilized, justified, and warned against some of these objects, which could carry with them both anti-Semitic charges and the glorious promise of heaven. Their proliferation and the reaction against them form a crucial background to the European-wide movements we know today as “reformations” (both Protestant and Catholic). In a set of independent but interrelated essays, Caroline Bynum considers some examples of such holy things, among them beds for the baby Jesus, the headdresses of medieval nuns, and the footprints of Christ carried home from the Holy Land by pilgrims in patterns cut to their shape or their measurement in lengths of string. Building on and going beyond her well-received work on the history of materiality, Bynum makes two arguments, one substantive, the other methodological. First, she demonstrates that the objects themselves communicate a paradox of dissimilar similitude—that is, that in their very details they both image the glory of heaven and make clear that that heaven is beyond any representation in earthly things. Second, she uses the theme of likeness and unlikeness to interrogate current practices of comparative history. Suggesting that contemporary students of religion, art, and culture should avoid comparing things that merely “look alike,” she proposes that humanists turn instead to comparing across cultures the disparate and perhaps visually dissimilar objects in which worshippers as well as theorists locate the “other” that gives religion enduring power.
Author : Edwin Benson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Life in a Mediæval City written by Edwin Benson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following book chronicles the development and history of York, a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minister, castle, and city walls. It is the largest settlement and the administrative center of the wider City of York district.
Author : Miri Rubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199697299
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book The Middle Ages written by Miri Rubin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.
