Author: Simeon (of Durham)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham
Author: Simeon (of Durham)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The historical works of Simeon of Durham, tr., with preface and notes, by J. Stevenson
Author: Simeon (of Durham.)The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham, Tr., with Preface and Notes, by J. Stevenson
Author: Sim&Publisher:
ISBN: 9781375686327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Sources and Literature of English History from the Earliest Times to about 1485
Author: Charles GrossPublisher: London, Green
ISBN:
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
A History of the Church of Durham
Author: Simeon (of Durham)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The Gilded Page
Author: Mary WellesleyPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541675096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII “A delight—immersive, conversational, and intensely visual, full of gorgeous illustrations and shimmering description.” –Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves Medieval manuscripts can tell us much about power and art, knowledge and beauty. Many have survived because of an author’s status—part of the reason we have so much of Chaucer’s writing, for example, is because he was a London-based government official first and a poet second. Other works by the less influential have narrowly avoided ruin, like the book of illiterate Margery Kempe, found in a country house closet, the cover nibbled on by mice. Scholar Mary Wellesley recounts the amazing origins of these remarkable manuscripts, surfacing the important roles played by women and ordinary people—the grinders, binders, and scribes—in their creation and survival. The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the manuscript age. Rich and surprising, it shows how the most exquisite objects ever made by human hands came from unexpected places. “Mary Wellesley is a born storyteller and The Gilded Page is as good as historical writing gets. This is a sensational debut by a wonderfully gifted historian.” —Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and The Templars
Crowland and Burgh
Author: Henry Scale English"Saxon Survivors? The Bulmers Thanes to Sheriffs and Knights A Continuing English Identity
Author: P. R. D. DavisonPublisher: Saxon Survivors? - Bulmers
ISBN: 9781903732014
Category : Anglo-Saxons
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
Author: Susan Wise BauerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393059758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
Chronicles the period between the 4th and 12th centuries, when religion became the justification for political and military action, a time that included the development of Islam, the crowning of Charlemagne, and the rise of the T'ang Dynasty.
The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
Author: Susan Wise BauerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393240673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world. Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume—the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World—chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition. Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality blossom while the Inquisition gathers strength. As kings and emperors continue to insist on their divine rights, ordinary people all over the world seize power: the lingayats of India, the Jacquerie of France, the Red Turbans of China, and the peasants of England. New threats appear, as the Ottomans emerge from a tiny Turkish village and the Mongols ride out of the East to set the world on fire. New currencies are forged, new weapons invented, and world-changing catastrophes alter the landscape: the Little Ice Age and the Great Famine kill millions; the Black Death, millions more. In the chaos of these epoch-making events, our own world begins to take shape. Impressively researched and brilliantly told, The History of the Renaissance World offers not just the names, dates, and facts but the memorable characters who illuminate the years between 1100 and 1453—years that marked a sea change in mankind’s perception of the world.