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Readings in Medieval History, Volume II: The Later Middle Ages
This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.)
As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The format of Readings in Medieval History has also been altered to make it more user-friendly. Volume The Early Middle Ages includes documents written up to the early 12th century; Volume The Later Middle Ages includes documents from the late 11th century on.
As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The format of Readings in Medieval History has also been altered to make it more user-friendly. Volume The Early Middle Ages includes documents written up to the early 12th century; Volume The Later Middle Ages includes documents from the late 11th century on.
483 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1992
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Patrick J. Geary
76 books39 followersPatrick J. Geary is an American medieval historian and Professor of Western Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey
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April 6, 2009
Geary's clear presentation of a wide array of primary sources from the middle ages was a delight. There is a short, contextual blurb at the beginning of each document to allow the reader to get his/her bearings. The translations are very readable and crisp, with mostly informative endnotes to each piece. Some great readings in here, including tales of Margery Kempe and several different viewpoints of the Crusades; the Jewish writer broke my heart.
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