Patrick
Geary, ed.
Readings in Medieval History, third edition.
Ontario:
Broadview Press, 2003.
840pp.
Paperback ISBN 1551115506,.
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Can$49.95 / US$39.95 /
£22.99 / Aus$70.00
Four
principles guide
the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included
wherever
possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in
which
the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice
of historians themselves. 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.
The
third edition
includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of
Tours,
and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that
deals
with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The text has also been newly typeset,
making the book more readable, and in response to suggestions
concerning
the weight of the book, lighter paper is being used. The result
is a book
that is overall more user friendly.
This
edition is
also available in a two-volume format, dividing the text
chronologically.
Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages; Volume 2: The Later Middle Ages.
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