{"product_id":"reading-the-middle-ages-volume-i-from-c-300-to-c-1150-paperback-softback-9781442636774","title":"Reading the Middle Ages Volume I; From C.300 to C.1150 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442636774","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading the Middle Ages Volume I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom C.300 to C.1150\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara H. Rosenwein (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442636774\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 20.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of \u003cem\u003eReading the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e retains the strengths of previous editions—thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with \u003cem\u003eA Short History of the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e—and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region. This volume spans the period \u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e300 to \u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1150. The stunning \"Reading through Looking\" color insert, which showcases medieval artifacts, has been expanded to include essays on weapons and warfare by medievalist Riccardo Cristiani. New maps, timelines, and genealogies aid readers in following knotty but revealing sources. On the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com), students have access to hundreds of Questions for Reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading through Looking\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and Symbols\u003cbr\u003eAuthorized Version of the Bible\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Prelude: The Roman World Transformed (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e300–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e600)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Christianized Empire\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Toleration or favoritism? \u003cem\u003eThe Edict of Milan\u003c\/em\u003e (313)\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Law: \u003cem\u003eThe Theodosian Code\u003c\/em\u003e (438)\u003cbr\u003e1.3 Plague: Gregory the Great, \u003cem\u003eLetter to Bishop Dominic of Carthage\u003c\/em\u003e (600)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeresy and Orthodoxy\u003cbr\u003e1.4 Heretics: \u003cem\u003eManichaean Texts\u003c\/em\u003e (before 350?)\u003cbr\u003e1.5 Orthodoxy\u0026amp;#x2019;s declaration: \u003cem\u003eThe Nicene Creed\u003c\/em\u003e (325)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatristic Thought\u003cbr\u003e1.6 Conversion: Augustine, \u003cem\u003eConfessions \u003c\/em\u003e(397–401)\u003cbr\u003e1.7 Relating this world to the next: Augustine, \u003cem\u003eThe City of God\u003c\/em\u003e (413–426)\u003cbr\u003e1.8 Monasticism: \u003cem\u003eThe Benedictine Rule\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e530–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e560)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaintly Models\u003cbr\u003e1.9 The virginal life: Jerome, \u003cem\u003eLetter 24 (To Marcella)\u003c\/em\u003e (384)\u003cbr\u003e1.10 The eremitical life: Athanasius, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of St. Antony of Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e (357)\u003cbr\u003e1.11 The active life: Sulpicius Severus, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of St. Martin of Tours\u003c\/em\u003e (397)\u003cbr\u003e1.12 The cult of saints: Gregory of Tours, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Monegundis\u003c\/em\u003e (580s)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarbarian Kingdoms\u003cbr\u003e1.13 Gothic Italy as Rome\u0026amp;#x2019;s heir: Cassiodorus, \u003cem\u003eVariae (State Papers)\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e507–536)\u003cbr\u003e1.14 The conversion of the Franks: Bishop Avitus of Vienne, \u003cem\u003eLetter to Clovis\u003c\/em\u003e (508?)\u003cbr\u003e1.15 Gothic Spain converts: \u003cem\u003eThe Third Council of Toledo\u003c\/em\u003e (589)\u003cbr\u003e1.16 Merovingian Gaul\u0026amp;#x2019;s bishop-historian: Gregory of Tours, \u003cem\u003eHistories\u003c\/em\u003e (576–594)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline for Chapter One\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Emergence of Sibling Cultures (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e600–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e750)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resilience of Byzantium\u003cbr\u003e2.1 The Siege of Constantinople: \u003cem\u003eThe Easter Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (630)\u003cbr\u003eMap 2.1: The Siege of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e2.2 Purifying practice: \u003cem\u003eThe Quinisext Council\u003c\/em\u003e (691\/692)\u003cbr\u003e2.3 The iconoclastic argument: \u003cem\u003eThe Synod of 754\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Formation of the Islamic World\u003cbr\u003e2.4 The sacred text: \u003cem\u003eQur\u0026amp;#x2019;an Suras\u003c\/em\u003e 1, 53:1–18, 81, 87, 96, 98 (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e610–622)\u003cbr\u003e2.5 Muslim conquests: John of Nikiu, \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e690)\u003cbr\u003eMap 2.2: The Muslim Conquest of Egypt\u003cbr\u003e2.6 Umayyad diplomacy: \u003cem\u003eThe Treaty of Tudmir\u003c\/em\u003e (713)\u003cbr\u003e2.7 Administration: \u003cem\u003eLetters to \u0026amp;#x2018;Abd Allah b. As\u0026amp;#x2018;ad\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e730–750)\u003cbr\u003e2.8 Praising the caliph: Al-Akhtal, \u003cem\u003eThe Tribe Has Departed\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e692)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impoverished but Inventive West\u003cbr\u003e2.9 The private penitential tradition: \u003cem\u003ePenitential of Finnian\u003c\/em\u003e (late 6th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e2.10 A royal saint: \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Queen Balthild\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e680)\u003cbr\u003e2.11 Reforming the continental Church: \u003cem\u003eLetters to Boniface\u003c\/em\u003e (723–726)\u003cbr\u003e2.12 Creating a Roman Christian identity for England: Bede, \u003cem\u003eThe Ecclesiastical History of the English People\u003c\/em\u003e (731)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline for Chapter Two\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Creating New Identities (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e750–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e900)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Material Basis of Society\u003cbr\u003e3.1 Manors in the West: \u003cem\u003ePolyptyque of the Church of Saint Mary of Marseille\u003c\/em\u003e (814–815)\u003cbr\u003e3.2 The Byzantine countryside: Niketas, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Saint Philaretos\u003c\/em\u003e (821\/822)\u003cbr\u003e3.3 The sale of a slave in Italy: \u003cem\u003eA Contract of Sale\u003c\/em\u003e (725)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Multiplicity of Heroes\u003cbr\u003e3.4 Charlemagne as Roman emperor: Einhard, \u003cem\u003eLife of Charlemagne\u003c\/em\u003e (825–826?)\u003cbr\u003e3.5 An Abbasid victory in verse: Abu Tammam, \u003cem\u003eThe sword gives truer tidings\u003c\/em\u003e (838)\u003cbr\u003e3.6 Mothers and fathers: Dhuoda, \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Her Son\u003c\/em\u003e (841–843)\u003cbr\u003e3.7 A Christian hero in northern Iberia: \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Alfonso III\u003c\/em\u003e (early 880s)\u003cbr\u003e3.8 Celebrating local leaders: Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, \u003cem\u003eBattles of the City of Paris\u003c\/em\u003e (late 9th cent.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and Politics\u003cbr\u003e3.9 An early view of the Prophet: Muhammad ibn Ishaq, \u003cem\u003eLife of Muhammad\u003c\/em\u003e (754–767)\u003cbr\u003e3.10 Muhammad\u0026amp;#x2019;s words in the hadith: Al-Bukhari, \u003cem\u003eOn Fasting\u003c\/em\u003e (9th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e3.11 The pope and the Carolingians: Pope Stephen II, \u003cem\u003eLetters to King Pippin III\u003c\/em\u003e (755–756)\u003cbr\u003e3.12 Modeling the state on Old Testament Israel: \u003cem\u003eThe Admonitio Generalis\u003c\/em\u003e (789)\u003cbr\u003e3.13 The Slavic conversion: Constantine-Cyril, \u003cem\u003ePrologue to the Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e (863–867)\u003cbr\u003e3.14 The Bulgarian khan in Byzantine guise: \u003cem\u003eSeal of Boris-Michael\u003c\/em\u003e (864–889)\u003cbr\u003e3.15 The Bulgarians adopt Christianity: Pope Nicholas I, \u003cem\u003eLetter to Answer the Bulgarians\u0026amp;#x2019; Questions\u003c\/em\u003e (866)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline for Chapter Three\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Political Communities Reordered (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e900–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1050)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegionalism: Its Advantages and Its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e4.1 Fragmentation in the Islamic world: Al-Tabari, \u003cem\u003eThe Defeat of the Zanj Revolt\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e915)\u003cbr\u003e4.2 The powerful in the Byzantine countryside: Romanus I Lecapenus, \u003cem\u003eNovel \u003c\/em\u003e(934)\u003cbr\u003e4.3 Evanescent centralization in al-Andalus: Ibn \u0026amp;#x2018;Abd Rabbihi, \u003cem\u003ePraise Be to Him\u003c\/em\u003e (929–940)\u003cbr\u003e4.4 Donating to Cluny: Cluny\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eFoundation Charter\u003c\/em\u003e (910) and various charters of donation (10th–11th cent.)\u003cbr\u003eGenealogy 4.1: The Grossi\u003cbr\u003e4.5 Love and complaints in Angoulême: \u003cem\u003eAgreement between Count William of the Aquitainians and Hugh IV of Lusignan\u003c\/em\u003e (1028)\u003cbr\u003e4.6 The Peace of God at Bourges: Andrew of Fleury, \u003cem\u003eThe Miracles of St. Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e (1040–1043)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eByzantium in Ascendance\u003cbr\u003e4.7 Patronage of the arts: \"Theophanes Continuatus,\" \u003cem\u003eConstantine VII Porphyrogenitus\u003c\/em\u003e (before 963)\u003cbr\u003e4.8 The toils of war: \u003cem\u003eThe Epitaph of Basil II\u003c\/em\u003e (1025)\u003cbr\u003e4.9 Imperial rule under two sisters: Michael Psellus, \u003cem\u003eZoe and Theodora\u003c\/em\u003e (before 1063)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholarship and the Arts across the Islamic World\u003cbr\u003e4.10 Political theory: Al-Farabi, \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect State\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e940–942)\u003cbr\u003e4.11 A Jewish poet in al-Andalus: Dunash ben Labrat, \u003cem\u003eThere Came a Voice\u003c\/em\u003e (mid-10th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e4.12 Education: Al-Qabisi, \u003cem\u003eA Treatise Detailing the Circumstances of Students and the Rules Governing Teachers and Students\u003c\/em\u003e (before 1012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKingdoms in East Central Europe\u003cbr\u003e4.13 Hungary as heir of Rome: King Stephen, \u003cem\u003eLaws \u003c\/em\u003e(1000–1038)\u003cbr\u003e4.14 Coming to terms with Catholic Poland: Thietmar of Merseburg, \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (1013–1018)\u003cbr\u003e4.15 Poland\u0026amp;#x2019;s self-image: \u003cem\u003eBoleslaw\u0026amp;#x2019;s Coin\u003c\/em\u003e (992–1000)\u003cbr\u003e4.16 Kievan Rus\u0026amp;#x2019;: \u003cem\u003eThe Russian Primary Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1113, incorporating earlier materials)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorthern Europe\u003cbr\u003e4.17 An Ottonian courtier-bishop: Ruotger, \u003cem\u003eLife of Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne\u003c\/em\u003e (late 960s)\u003cbr\u003e4.18 Law: King Æthelred II, \u003cem\u003eLaw Code\u003c\/em\u003e (1008)\u003cbr\u003e4.19 Christianity comes to Denmark: \u003cem\u003eThe Jelling Monument\u003c\/em\u003e (960s)\u003cbr\u003e4.20 The Vikings as enemies: \u003cem\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1048?)\u003cbr\u003eMap 4.1: Southern England\u003cbr\u003e4.21 The Vikings as heroes: \u003cem\u003eEgil\u0026amp;#x2019;s Saga\u003c\/em\u003e (10th cent.\/13th cent.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline for Chapter Four\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. New Configurations (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1050–\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1150)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seljuk Transformation\u003cbr\u003e5.1 The Seljuks as enemies: Abu\u0026amp;#x2019;l-Fazl Beyhaqi, \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Dandanqan\u003c\/em\u003e (before 1077)\u003cbr\u003eMap 5.1: The Early Seljuk Empire\u003cbr\u003e5.2 Shi\u0026amp;#x2018;ites vilified: Nizam al-Mulk, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (1091)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Profit Economy\u003cbr\u003e5.3 Cultivating new lands: \u003cem\u003eFrederick of Hamburg\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agreement with Colonists from Holland\u003c\/em\u003e (1106)\u003cbr\u003e5.4 Urban commerce: Ibn \u0026amp;#x2018;Abdun, \u003cem\u003eRegulations for the Market at Seville\u003c\/em\u003e (early 12th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e5.5 The role of royal patronage: Henry I, \u003cem\u003ePrivileges for the Citizens of London\u003c\/em\u003e (1130–1133)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChurch Reform\u003cbr\u003e5.6 The pope\u0026amp;#x2019;s challenge: Gregory VII, \u003cem\u003eAdmonition to Henry IV\u003c\/em\u003e (1075)\u003cbr\u003e5.7 The royal response: Henry IV, \u003cem\u003eLetter to Gregory VII\u003c\/em\u003e (1075)\u003cbr\u003e5.8 The papal view: Gregory VII, \u003cem\u003eLetter to Hermann of Metz\u003c\/em\u003e (1076)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Clergy in Action\u003cbr\u003e5.9 Dressing for the liturgy: \u003cem\u003eVesting Prayers\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1000?)\u003cbr\u003e5.10 Keeping tabs: \u003cem\u003eA Visitation Record\u003c\/em\u003e (1268)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Crusade\u003cbr\u003e5.11 Calling the crusade: Robert the Monk, \u003cem\u003ePope Urban II Preaches the First Crusade\u003c\/em\u003e (1095)\u003cbr\u003e5.12 Jewish martyrs: Solomon bar Samson, \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1140)\u003cbr\u003e5.13 A Westerner in the Holy Land: Stephen of Blois, \u003cem\u003eLetter to His Wife\u003c\/em\u003e (March 1098)\u003cbr\u003e5.14 The Muslim view: Ibn al-Qalanisi, \u003cem\u003eThe Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades\u003c\/em\u003e (before 1160)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Norman Conquest of England\u003cbr\u003e5.15 The pro-Norman position: William of Jumièges, \u003cem\u003eThe Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1070)\u003cbr\u003e5.16 The native position: \"Florence of Worcester,\" \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e (early 12th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e5.17 The Conquest depicted: \u003cem\u003eThe Bayeux Tapestry\u003c\/em\u003e (end of the 11th cent.)\u003cbr\u003e5.18 Exploiting the Conquest: \u003cem\u003eDomesday Book\u003c\/em\u003e (1087)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Twelfth-Century Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e5.19 Logic: Peter Abelard, \u003cem\u003eGlosses on Porphyry\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ec.\u003c\/em\u003e1100)\u003cbr\u003e5.20 Medical science: Constantine the African\u0026amp;#x2019;s translation of Johannitius\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eIsagoge\u003c\/em\u003e (before 1098)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCluniacs and Cistercians\u003cbr\u003e5.21 The Cistercian view: St. Bernard, \u003cem\u003eApologia\u003c\/em\u003e (1125)\u003cbr\u003e5.22 The Cluniac view: Peter the Venerable, \u003cem\u003eMiracles \u003c\/em\u003e(mid-1130s–mid-1150s)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline for Chapter Five\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Names, Places, and Readings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588179063064,"sku":"9781442636774","price":35.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-the-middle-ages-volume-i-from-c-300-to-c-1150-paperback-softback-9781442636774","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}