Author: Felix James Henry SkenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
Author: Clifford J. RogersPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195334035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1798
Book Description
This set is an excellent companion to J. R. Strayer's edited Dictionary of the Middle Ages (CH, Nov'87; Supplement I, ed. by W. C. Jordan, CH, Sep'04, 42-0044). The focus on warfare allows the editors to offer larger entries on major topics (e.g., "Agincourt," "Crusades," "Feudalism") and introduce many complementary topics. The editors are concerned with Europe; they expand coverage into Asia or Africa only because of the connection to medieval Europe. Coverage also includes an abundance of entries pertaining to Central and Eastern Europe. Most of the 1,000-plus entries are about a page in length, but a few approach 50 pages. Medium and large-size entries, such as "Chivalry," "Germany," and "Slavic Lands," discuss primary sources and very valuable historiographies. A thorough index helps readers locate the Knights Templar under "Orders, Military, Levantine Orders." Cross-references and bibliographies follow each of the signed entries. Locating reliable and scholarly information on the Knights Templar and Vlad Tepes (Dracula) is tricky. Some of the bibliographies include sources in foreign languages. For example, the references for the Black Army of Hungary are in Hungarian. Noticeably missing are entries for the many wars. This set is particularly suited to research libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by W. M. Fontane.
Scotichronicon: Books XIII-XIV
Author: Walter BowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Fresche fontanis
Author: J. Derrick McClurePublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443867144
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Fresche fontanis contains twenty-five studies presenting major new research by leading scholars in Scottish culture of the late fourteenth and fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. The three-part collection includes essays on the prominent writers of the period: James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, John Bellenden, David Lyndsay, John Stewart of Baldynneis, William Fowler, Alexander Montgomerie, Andrew Melville and Alexander Craig. There are also essays on the Scottish romances Lancelot of the Laik, Gilbert Hay’s Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, The Buik of Alexander, Golagros and Gawain, and the comedic Rauf Coilyear, and the Scottish fabliau The Freiris of Berwick. Chronicles of Fordun, Bower, Wyntoun and Bellenden receive fresh attention in essays concerning Margaret of Scotland, and imperial ideas during the reign of James V. Essays on anthologies, family books, and collaborative compilations make another notable group, providing in-depth analysis, with findings not previously reported, of The Book of the Dean of Lismore, the Maitland Quarto manuscript and The Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum. These studies are enlarged by others on key contextualizing topics, including noble and royal literary patronage, early Scottish printing, performance, spectatorship, and translation. Together they make a significant contribution to a full understanding of the continuities and shifts in cultural emphases during this most imaginatively productive period.
Class List of the Books in the Reference Library
Author: Nottingham (England). Free Public Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
A Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books, Ancient and Modern, Comprising Works in Most Branches of Literature, Offered ... by Henry Sotheran & Co
Author: Sotheran, Firm, LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books in Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford: Collections received during the 18th century, by F. Madan. 1895
Author: Bodleian LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Collections received during the 18th century
Author: Bodleian LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford: Index
Author: Bodleian LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description