Middle Ages Reference Library

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.Averroës

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 à Becket, William of Ockham,and 17Geoffrey Chaucer)

18. St. Francis of Assisi

19. Genghis Khan

20. Gregory I

21. Gregory VII and Henry IV

22. Henry the Navigator

23. Historians (The Venerable Bede, Al-Mas’udi,Ssu-ma Kuang, and Anna Comnena)

24. Holy Roman Emperors(Otto the Great, Otto III, Frederick I Barbarossa,and Frederick II)

25. Innocent III

26. Irene of Athens

27. Joan of Arc

28. Justinian

29. Kublai Khan

30. Leif Eriksson

31. Moses Maimonides

32. Mansa Musa

33. Mathematicians and Scientists (Aryabhata, al-Khwarizmi, al-Razi, Alhazen, and Roger Bacon)

34. Mohammad I Askia

35. Montezuma I

36. Muhammad

37. Murasaki Shikibu

38. Contents vii

39. Osman I

40. Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui

41. St. Patrick

42. Marco Polo

43. Rabia al-Adawiyya

44. Richard I

45. Saladin

46. Shotoku Taishi

47. T’ai Tsung

48. Tamerlane

49Thomas Aquinas

50. Wen Ti

51. William the Conqueror

52. Wu Ze-tian

Primary Sources:

Chapter One: Cultures in Conflict

1. Anna Comnena

Excerpt from The Alexiad

2. Usamah ibn Munquidh

Excerpt from The Memoirs of Usamah ibn Munquidh

3. Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus

Excerpts from Al-Masalik wa ’l-Mamalik and Description of Africa

4. Marco Polo

Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

5. Jacob von Königshofen

“The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, St. Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1349— About the Great Plague and the Burning of the Jews”

Chapter Two: Personal Life

6. Augustine

Excerpt from the Confessions

7. Lady Sarashina

Excerpt from The Diary of Lady Sarashina

Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights

8. Christine de Pisan and The Goodman of Paris

Excerpts from The Treasure of the City of Ladies (Pisan) and The Goodman of Paris (anonymous)

Chapter Three: Church and State

9. Gregory of Tours

Excerpt from History of the Franks

10. Shotoku Taishi

“Seventeen-Article Constitution”

11. Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII

“Letter to Gregory VII” and “First Deposition and Banning of Henry IV”

Dante Alighieri

12. Excerpt from the Divine Comedy

Chapter Four: History and Fiction

13. Procopius

Excerpt from Secret History

14. William of Malmesbury

Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum

15. The Norman Conquest and the Lo Kuan-chung

Excerpt from Romance of the Three Kingdoms