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Early medieval Europe, 300-1050 : a guide for studying and teaching

Title
Early medieval Europe, 300-1050 : a guide for studying and teaching / David Rollaso.
ISBN
1138936863
1138936871
1351173014
1351173022
1351173030
1351173049
9781138936867
9781138936874
9781351173018
9781351173025
9781351173032
9781351173049
9781138936867
9781138936874
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
London : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 402 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period. Throughout the book, major research questions and historiographical debates are identified and guidance is given on how to engage with and evaluate key documentary sources as well as artistic and archaeological evidence. The book's aim is to engender confidence in creative and independent historical thought. This second edition has been fully revised and expanded and now includes coverage of both Islamic and Byzantine history, surveying and critically examining the often radically different scholarly interpretations relating to them. Also new to this edition is an extensively updated and closely integrated companion website, which has been carefully designed to provide practical guidance to teachers and students, offering a wealth of reference materials and aids to mastering the period, and lighting the way for further exploration of written and non-written sources.? Accessibly written and containing over 70 carefully selected maps and images, Early Medieval Europe 300-1050 is an essential resource for students studying this period for the first time, as well as an invaluable aid to university teachers devising and delivering courses and modules on the period.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Rollason, D.W. (David W.). Early medieval Europe, 300-1050. Second edition. London ; New York : Routledge, 2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Why study this period?
From Roman Empire to barbarian kingdoms: cataclysm or transition?
The dismemberment and survival of the Byzantine Empire
The Arab conquests
The making of peoples
Pagan, Roman, and Christian beliefs about rulers: ideological power
Edicts, taxes, and armies: bureaucratic power
Kings, warriors, and women: personal power
Trade as a driving force?
Cultivating the land: the basis of European society?
Towns and cities: the functions of urban life
Conversion to Christianity
The success of monasticism
The power of bishops and popes.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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