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A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800
Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-Modern Islamic West-Asia
2020 || Paperback || Jo Van Steenbergen || Taylor & Francis
A History of the Islamic World, 600-1800 supplies a fresh and unique survey of the formation of the Islamic world and the key developments that characterize this broad region's history from late antiquity up to the beginning of the modern era. Containing two chronological parts and fourteen chapters, this impressive overview explains how different tides in Islamic history washed ashore diverse sets of leadership groups, multiple practices of power and authority, and dynamic imperial and dynas...
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The Green Middle Ages
The Depiction and Use of Plants in the Western World 600-1600
2023 || Hardcover || Claudine Chavannes-Mazel e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
How ‘green’ were people in late antiquity and the Middle Ages? Unlike today, the nature around them was approached with faith, trust and care. The population size was many times smaller than today and human impact on nature not as extreme as it is now. People did not have to worry about issues like deforestation and sustainability.
This book is about the knowledge of plants and where that knowledge came from. How did people use earth and plants in ancient times, and what did they know abo...
Europe / 4th edition
A Cultural History
2020 || Paperback || Peter Rietbergen || Taylor & Francis
Fully revised, updated and extended to include the momentous developments of 2020, this fourth edition of Peter Rietbergen's highly acclaimed Europe: A Cultural History is a major and original contribution to the study of Europe. The book examines the structures of culture in this part of Eurasia from the beginnings of human settlement on to the genesis of agricultural society, of greater polities, of urban systems, and the slow transitions that resulted in a (post-)industrial society and the...
Living Memoria
studies in medieval and early modern memorial culture in honour of Truus van Bueren
2017 || Paperback || Rolf de Weijert e.a. || Verloren b.v., uitgeverij
In the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period people took extensive care to safeguard their own salvation and eternal remembrance, and that of their deceased relatives. Their care for the here and the hereafter is expressed in the concept of memoria, which can be defined as the complex of liturgical and social acts connecting the living and the dead. As such, memoria is much more than a religious concept. During her career dr. Truus van Bueren has become an internationally acclaimed scholar ...
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Chivalry and Courtesy
Medieval Manners for Modern Life
2023 || Hardcover || Daniele Cybulskie || Exhibitions International
A surprising look at how medieval etiquette can improve our lives today, from the author of the popular How to Live Like a Monk.
From Memory to Written Record / 3rd edition
England 1066 - 1307
2012 || Paperback || Michael T. Clanchy || Wiley
This seminal work of scholarship, which traces the development of literacy in medieval England, is now fully updated in a third edition. This book serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students throughout the world. Features a completely re-written first chapter, 'Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest', and a new postscript by the author reflecting on the reception to the original publication and discussing recent scholarship on medieval literacy. Includes...
The Rijmbijbel
The Oldest Illustrated Manuscript in Dutch
2024 || Hardcover || Bram Caers e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
The oldest illustrated manuscript in Dutch contains a 13th-century Rijmbijbel (Rhymed Bible) by Jacob van Maerlant, a biblical paraphrase in paired rhyme, followed by a history of the First Jewish-Roman War, some decades after the death of Christ. The manuscript is lavishly illustrated, featuring no fewer than 159 precious miniatures. Due to its famous author, luxurious character, and the high artistic quality of its illuminations, it ranks among the international masterpieces of that period.
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Archeological Studies Leiden University Pots, Farmers and Foragers
how pottery traditions shed a light on social interaction in the earliest Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Area
2010 || Paperback || B. Vanmontfort e.a. || Leiden University Press
In 'Pots, Farmers and Foragers' leveren de bijdragen van 24 Europese wetenschappers het bewijs voor een nieuwe synthese van de complexe interactie tussen de samenlevingen in het westelijk deel van de Noord-Europese Vlakte tijdens het vroege Neolotisch.
In de studie naar de eerste fase van neolitisering speelt aardewerk een sleutelrol. De meest ontwikkelde noord-westelijke nederzetting in de uitbreiding van de Centraal-Europese lineaire aardewerkcultuur tijdens de tweede helft van het zesde mil...
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Knighthood and Society in the High Middle Ages
2020 || Paperback || David Crouch e.a. || Leuven University Press
In popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and due to a long tradition of differing national perspectives and ideological assumptions, few phenomena have continued to be the object of so much academic debate. In this volume leading scholars explore various aspects of knightly identity, taking into account both commonalities and particularities across Western Europe. Knighthood and Society in the High Midd...
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Apothecaries in medieval Burgundy (1200-1600)
2023 || Paperback || Nanno Bolt || Eburon
"From the era of Charles the Bold in 1477, the State of Burgundy encompassed not only present-day Netherlands but also modern Belgium, various counties in northern France, the Duchy of Burgundy, and the counties of Nevers and Burgundy. Beginning in the 1200s, the first apothecary establishments emerged in the towns within this Burgundian territory. But what was life like for these medieval apothecaries? This book delves into questions such as:
• How did they operate?
• Where were their es...