Middle Ages Reference Library (Repost)
U.X.L Middle Ages Reference Library - All 5 Volumes
Judson Knight | U.X.L Gale Group | PDF | 24.83 MB | 915 pages | 2000 | ISBN: 0787648558
Review
ARBA : "The Middle Ages Reference Library set is yet another extraordinary resource from UXL that focuses on specific historical aspects. ... All four volumes are illustrated with black-and-white photographs and replicas of artwork from the Middle Ages. Each volume also contains its own index. A separate, paperback cumulative index accompanies the set. The Middle Ages Reference Li
brary set is highly recommended."
-- ARBA (2002)
Booklist : "This set is an excellent source for teachers and students to consult and broaden their understanding of a rich and complex historical period."
-- Booklist (April 2001)
Book Description
How did the Sunni Shiite split in medieval times bring about modern tensions between Iran and Iraq? Middle Ages Reference Library helps students answer this question and many other enigmas by encouraging them to see how events and ideas are linked. Included in this set are: Middle Ages: Almanac, covering the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times; Middle Ages: Biographies, a 2-vol. compilation of biographical essays on significant individuals of the era; and Middle Ages: Primary Sources, presenting an insightful collection of excerpts from relevant letters, journal entries, poems and more from the era.
Volumes:
Almanac
Biographies1
Biographies2
Primary Sources
Index
Almanac Contents:
1. The Middle Ages
2. The Fall of the Roman Empire
3. The Merovingian Age
4. The Carolingian Age
5. Eastern Europe
6. The Islamic World
7. The Turks
8. The Jewish World
9. The Eleventh Century
10. The Twelfth Century
11. The Thirteenth Century
12. The Mongols
13. India
14. Southeast Asia
15. China
16. Japan
17. The Americas
18. Africa
19. The Late Middle Ages
Biographies 1 and 2:
1. Peter Abelard
2. Ala-ud-din Muhammad Khalji
3. Alexander Nevsky
4. Augustine
5. Averro?s
6. Basil II
7. Bernard of Clairvaux
8. Boethius
9. Charlemagne
10. Christine de Pisan
11. Clovis
12. St. Cyril and St. Methodius
13. Dante Alighieri
14. El Cid
15. Eleanor of Aquitaine
16. English Scholars, Thinkers, and Writers (Alcuin, St. Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas
