Reading the Middle Ages, Volume I: Sources From Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.300 to c.1150, Second Edition
Barbara H. Rosenwein
Spanning the period from c.300 to c.1150 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains 20 new readings, including 8 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com). |
Contents
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the roman world transformed
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1 |
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Heresy and Orthodoxy
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10 |
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Saintly Models
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26 |
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Barbarian Kingdoms
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46 |
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Timeline for Chapter One
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58 |
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the emergence of sibling cultures c 600c 750
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59 |
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The Formation of the Islamic World
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70 |
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The Impoverished but Inventive West
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80 |
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Scholarship across the Islamic World
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196 |
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Kingdoms in East Central Europe
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205 |
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containing the holy
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229 |
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Page from a Quran 993
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235 |
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Plate8 Monstrance c 1430
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242 |
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Boleslaws Coin 9921000
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248 |
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Church Reform
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258 |
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The Crusades and Reconquista
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267 |
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Timeline for Chapter Two
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106 |
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The Abbasid Reconfiguration
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114 |
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AlAndalus
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123 |
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Expanding Christianity
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158 |
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Timeline for Chapter Three
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166 |
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Byzantine Expansion
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189 |
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The Norman Conquest of England
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280 |
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The TwelfthCentury Renaissance
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288 |
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Cluniacs and Cistercians
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296 |
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Timeline for Chapter Five
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302 |
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