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Readings in Medieval History: Volume I: The Early Middle Ages
Readings in Medieval History Volume I The Early Middle Ages Author:Patrick J. Geary This is a second edition of the two-volume format of Patrick Geary's highly-praised collection of source material on the medieval period. (The complete text in a one-volume format is also available.) As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible rather than excerpts. S... more »econd, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another - reflecting the practice of historians. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities. 'Volume One: The Early Middle Ages', includes documents written up to the early 12th century; 'Volume Two: The Later Middle Ages' includes documents from the late 11th century on (three documents appear in both volumes.) New to volume one is the 'Life of Saint Balthild'. The second volume now includes a long selection from 'The Trial of Joan of Arc' and selections from the 'Dialogues of Catherine of Siena'.« less