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First published in 1967, Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages is one of the most influential works in the field of Islamic history. Primarily a study of the main... Læs mere
Based on original sources and challenging many received opinions, this book presents for the first time a clear narrative analysis of the central events of the Islamic domains between the rise of the Abbasids and the Salijuq invasion.
This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for... Læs mere
This study is the first to systematically investigate Byzantine imperial ideology, court rhetoric and political thought after the Latin... Læs mere
This volume is a sequel to the author's "Islamic History AD 600-750 (AH 132): A New Interpretation". It presents a clear narrative analysis of the central events in the Islamic domains between the rise of the Abbasids and the Saljuq invasion (AD 750-1055/ AH 132-448).
Edward III is usually remembered for his stirring victories over the French and Scots. Yet these triumphs occurred against a backdrop of economic upheaval. Waugh examines the strains on English life in this remarkable era.
This textbook brings together for the first time the political, administrative and social history of England in the thirteenth century within a single volume.
A classic study of Saladin, the scourge of the crusaders, who during the 12th century imposed unity on his dominions, retook Jerusalem, and for a time resisted the... Læs mere
Professor Winch provides a fresh perspective on the complete span of Simone Weil's work, and discusses the fundamental difficulties of tracing the dividing line between philosophy and religion.
This book presents the first analytical account in English of the major developments within Byzantine culture, society and the state in the crucial formative period from c. 610 to 717.
Germany in the High Middle Ages opens with a wide-ranging and yet detailed description of the conditions and changes under which men lived and their attitudes... Læs mere
An account of the development and structure of central arguments of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" in the defence of the objective validity of such categories as substance, causation and independent existence. The author aims to place his critique in an historical context.