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Hardcover. What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? This title addresses these topics and others to understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute. Num Pages: 424 pages, 41 b&w illus., 14 music exx. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253354860
ISBN
9780253354860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.97

hardcover. This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Num Pages: 212 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726665
ISBN
9780804726665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.25

Paperback. Two classic books are brought together here. Editor(s): Menzies, Gordon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 maps, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902930381
ISBN
9781902930381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

Paperback. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 345 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983753704
ISBN
9780983753704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. A survey of a thousand years of urban architecture that identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Sienna and London, Munich and Venice. Most important is an architecture that expresses the city's personality and most particularly its political personality. Translator(s): Northcott, K.T. Num Pages: 422 pages, xiv, 408 p., 190 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3J; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071794
ISBN
9780226071794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.35
€ 48.48

Hardback. Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and allusion, this analysis of the correspondence between Peter the Venerable and future saint Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges their traditional use as a source for historical reconstruction. Series Editor(s): Bolton, Dr. Brenda; Duggan, Professor Anne J.; Smith, Dr. Damian J. Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West. Num Pages: 320 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754600671
ISBN
9780754600671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.53

paperback. A social history of war from the 3rd millennium BCE to the 10th-century CE in the Mediterranean, the Near East and Europe with parallel studies of Mesoamerica and East Asia. The volume examines war and military organization in their interactions with social, economic and political structures. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A.; Rosenstein, Nathan. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 illustration, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006591
ISBN
9780674006591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.76

Paperback. A wide-ranging account of missionary life, this text gives a sense of the individual experience and collective ethos of the mission, the missionaries' influence on communities and their links to the rest of Christendom. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582312135
ISBN
9780582312135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.67

hardcover. This study examines the sixth century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity occurred due to the divergent political interests of bishops and emperors. Discrimination and persecution forced the establishment of an independent church. Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3F; HRCC1; HRCC7; HRCC8; HRCX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st edn
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199534876
ISBN
9780199534876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.28

paperback. Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made their livings. This book presents a fresh view of the British economy from the ninth to the sixteenth century and an account of medieval life. Series: The New Economic History of Britain Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300101911
ISBN
9780300101911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. An authoritative and ground-breaking biography of the 8th Century theologian and statesman Alcuin of York, revealing his importance for the period. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGX; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173466
ISBN
9780227173466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCM; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081269
ISBN
9780231081269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 147.98

Paperback. Ik' vases are acclaimed for their naturalistic colour, veristic portraiture, and calligraphic line. This book explores 8th-century Maya vase painting of the Ik' kingdom, located in the tropical lowlands of present day Guatemala. It also describes the dramatic scenes represented on the vases with historically accurate vignettes. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour images + 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3F; ACK; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300174380
ISBN
9780300174380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.15

Paperback. Established in 1917, the Index of Christian Art, located at Princeton University, is the largest archive of medieval art in existence and the most specialized resource for the iconographer. This book features essays that highlight some of the research in the archive and the scholarship for which it has been renowned. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691099910
ISBN
9780691099910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.28

Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632421
ISBN
9780691632421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 177.18

Paperback. This is the first English translation of two chronicles of long-acknowledged importance to European history in the period c.850-c.950. This period, which is widely taught in European and North American universities, saw the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and the rise in Germany of the 'First Reich' under the Ottonian dynasty. Translator(s): MacLean, Simon. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719071355
ISBN
9780719071355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.75

Hardback. From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. By relating it to the wider history of Islam, the Crusades and its theocratic counterparts in Byzantium and Western Europe, this book shows the full historical significance of the empire. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3F; 3H; HBJH; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640775
ISBN
9780748640775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.81

Paperback. In this work, Christopher Dawson concludes that the period called the Dark Ages was not a barren prelude to the creative mediaeval world. Instead, he argues that it is better described as "ages of dawn", for it was in this period that the foundation of a unified European culture was laid. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813210834
ISBN
9780813210834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.05

Paperback. Brings together essays by established scholars who have been largely responsible for the radical changes in the understanding of Galbert and his work that have occurred over the years. This book includes a bibliography of editions, translations and studies of Galbert's chronicle. Editor(s): Rider, John Jeffrey; Murray, Dr. Alan V. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813217192
ISBN
9780813217192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.48

Paperback. Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3J; AFKC; HBLC1; HBT; HDDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 290 x 28. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250108593
ISBN
9781250108593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Complete with a foldout timeline and map illustrating the worldly contributions of Muslims, remarkable photographs and colourful illustrations, artefacts, historic documents and drawings, this book not only reveals 1001 Muslim inventions, but provides insight into the everyday life of the historic Muslim society and related Western growth. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, colour li. BIC Classification: 3F; 3J; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426209345
ISBN
9781426209345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. This is a history and ethnography of the Cheyenne people, from their prehistoric origins north of the Great Lakes to their present life in the reservations in Oklahoma. It is based on archaeological, material, historical and linguistic evidence, and draws on the oral traditions of the Cheyenne. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; HBTD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557864840
ISBN
9781557864840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.99

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Secular Commentary Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441896
ISBN
9781580441896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.86

Hardcover. Spong Hill, with over 2500 cremations, remains the largest early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery to have been excavated in Britain. This volume presents the long-awaited chronology and synthesis of the site. It gives a detailed overview of the artefactual evidence, which includes over 1200 objects of bone, antler and ivory. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3F; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 288 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1973.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
McDonald Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902937625
ISBN
9781902937625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.76

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