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Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Series

30 primary works • 30 total works
Titles in this series are specially commissioned textbooks for teachers and students. Designed to complement the monograph series, "Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought", these books provide introductions to a range of topics in medieval history.
The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
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3.71 · 31 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 9 editions
This book is an introductory account of the kingdo…

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    The Carolingian World
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    3.93     · 60 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a mi…

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    The Carolingian Economy
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    3.50     · 26 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1998 · 16 editions
    The economy of the Carolingian empire (753-877), e…

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    Roger II of Sicily
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    3.72     · 32 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2002 · 9 editions
    This is a scholarly and up-to-date narrative of th…

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    Medieval Scotland
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    3.62     · 26 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2000 · 10 editions
    This is a one-volume history of medieval Scotland,…

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    The Medieval Spains
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    3.39     · 70 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1993 · 11 editions
    This book traces the political evolution of the Ib…

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    The Papacy, 1073 1198: Continuity and Innovation
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    3.94     · 17 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1990 · 5 editions
    Before the mid-eleventh century the pope was far f…

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    Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change in England, c.1200-1520
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    4.08     · 38 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1989 · 9 editions
    Between 1200 and 1520 medieval English society wen…

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    The Hundred Years War: England and France at War, c.1300-c.1450
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    3.71     · 115 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1987 · 13 editions
    This is a comparative study of how the societies o…

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    Medieval Wales
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    3.43     · 35 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1990 · 5 editions
    This book provides an introduction to the history …

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    England in the Reign of Edward III
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    3.92     · 12 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1991 · 6 editions
    The reign of Edward III is usually remembered for …

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    Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450
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    4.52     · 21 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 9 editions
    The period c.1250-1450 ("the later Middle Ages") w…

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    The Church in Western Europe from the Tenth to the Early Twelfth Century
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    4.62     · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1988 · 9 editions
    This is a comprehensive survey of the history of t…

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    Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000–1300
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    4.18     · 22 Ratings · published 1994 · 6 editions
    This book traces the development of monasticism in…

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    England in the Thirteenth Century
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    3.30     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1993 · 8 editions
    This is a comprehensive account of politics, gover…

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    An Environmental History of Medieval Europe
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    4.04     · 27 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    As the very first book of its kind, An Environment…

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    Religion and Devotion in Europe, c.1215-c.1515
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    3.68     · 34 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    This is the first one-volume survey in English of …

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    The Wars of the Roses: Politics and the Constitution in England, c.1437-1509
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    4.12     · 68 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1997 · 8 editions
    The Wars of the Roses was a period of major crisis…

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    A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200–1550
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    3.92     · 36 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1999 · 11 editions
    A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200-155…

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    The Waldensian Dissent: Persecution and Survival, c.1170–c.1570
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    3.72     · 25 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1999 · 10 editions
    The Poor of Lyons, whom their detractors called "W…

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    The Crusades, c.1071 - c.1291
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    3.86     · 29 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 editions
    This book presents a concise, general history of t…

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    Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, C.900-C.1300
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    3.84     · 19 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2013 · 8 editions
    This groundbreaking comparative history of the ear…

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    Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376 - 568
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    4.34     · 119 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2007 · 14 editions
    This is a major survey of the barbarian migrations…

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    Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
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    3.86     · 7 Ratings · published 2015 · 6 editions
    Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages w…

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    The Making of Polities: Europe, 1300 – 1500
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    3.80     · 25 Ratings · published 2009 · 13 editions
    This major survey of political life in late mediev…

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    Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages: 550 - 1250
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    4.43     · 28 Ratings · published 2006 · 9 editions
    Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages stood at a …

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    The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom, 1000-1500
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    3.48     · 29 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2006 · 11 editions
    Between the years AD 1000 and 1500, western Christ…

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    Medieval Chivalry
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    3.97     · 29 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 6 editions
    Emerging in the medieval period, chivalry embodied…

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    Medieval Ireland
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    4.14     · 28 Ratings · 5 editions
    Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-…

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    Merovingian Worlds
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    4.33     · 6 Ratings · 3 editions
    The Merovingian Kingdoms (c. 450–751) dominated mu…

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