Medieval History 400-1500 Books

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41. A History of Early Al-Andalus

    The Akhbar Majmu'a

    By David James

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    The Akhbar majmu‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III (912-961), founder of the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus . No Arabic text dealing with the early...

    Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
42. Across the Religious Divide

    Women, Property, and Law in the Wider Mediterranean (ca. 1300-1800)

    Edited by Jutta Sperling, Shona Kelly Wray

    Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

    Examining women's property rights in different societies across the entire medieval and early modern Mediterranean, this volume introduces a unique comparative perspective to the complexities of gender relations in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. Through individual case studies based on...

    Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge
43. Witch Hunting and Witch Trials (RLE Witchcraft)

    The Indictments for Witchcraft from the Records of the 1373 Assizes Held from the Home Court 1559-1736 AD

    By C L'Estrange Ewen

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

    Originally published in 1929, the author presents a formidable collection of facts, brought together in a scholarly manner. This is an examination of the general history of witchcraft, its changing laws and legal procedures, as well as methods of interrogation and punishment. This book must be...

    Published June 23rd 2011 by Routledge
44. A Popular History of Witchcraft (RLE Witchcraft)

    By Montague Summers

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

    This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail, and its historical progression, within the...

    Published June 23rd 2011 by Routledge
45. Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

    Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft re-issues eight volumes originally published between 1929 and 1977 and sheds fascinating light on the history, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts of witchcraft in the UK and Europe, including several volumes which focus specifically on the...

    Published June 23rd 2011 by Routledge
46. The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)

    By Walter Ullmann

    In his Birkbeck Lectures, first published in 1969, Professor Ullmann throws new light on a familiar subject. He shows that the Carolingian renaissance had a wider and deeper meaning than has often been thought, especially in its political and ideological aspects. Displaying his mastery of both...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
47. The Medieval Idea of Law as Represented by Lucas de Penna (Routledge Revivals)

    By Walter Ullmann

    Upon its original publication in 1946, this work represented a new approach to medieval studies, offering indispensable analysis to the historian of legal, political and social ideas. Research into the original sources leads the author through unexplored realms of medieval thought. By contrasting...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
48. Medieval Arabic Historiography

    Authors as Actors

    By Konrad Hirschler

    Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East

    Medieval Arabic Historiography is concerned with social contexts and narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historiography written in Arabic in seventh and thirteenth-century Syria and Eygpt. Taking up recent theoretical reflections on historical writing in the European Middle Ages, this...

    Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge
49. China's Southern Tang Dynasty, 937-976

    By Johannes L. Kurz

    Series: Asian States and Empires

    The Southern Tang was one of China’s minor dynasties and one of the great states in China in the tenth century. Although often regarded as one of several states preceding the much better known Song dynasty (960-1279), the Southern Tang dynasty was in fact the key state in this period, preserving...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
50. A History of Europe (Routledge Revivals)

    From the Invasions to the XVI Century

    By Henri Pirenne

    First published in 1939, this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne's extremely popular and influential history of Europe in the middle ages. It begins with the Barbarian and Musulman invasions in the fifth century AD, which signalled the end of the Roman world in the West, and&...

    Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge