Reading the Middle Ages, Volume II: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.900 to c.1500, Second Edition - Softcover

9781442606081: Reading the Middle Ages, Volume II: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.900 to c.1500, Second Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442606088 ISBN 13: 9781442606081

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division, 2013

Spanning the period from c.900 to c.1500 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains 24 new readings, including 10 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).

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About the Author:

Barbara H. Rosenwein is Professor Emerita, Department of History, Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of many books, including Generations of Feeling: A History of Emotions (600–1700), What Is the History of Emotions? (with Riccardo Cristiani), The Middle Ages in 50 Objects (with Elina Gertsman), A Short History of the Middle Ages, and Reading the Middle Ages: Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World.

Review:

Beautifully written, thorough, and accessible, Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition enables readers to consider medieval culture in its broadest sense. Overall, this text inspires a thoughtful examination and re-examination of the historical narrative of nearly 1200 years; it is geographically inclusive and historically comprehensive. (Rosemary Drage Hale, Director of the Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Brock University)

This is a wonderfully broad selection of familiar and less familiar medieval sources. Beautifully and expertly presented, this collection of texts and images offers fresh and up-to-date insights into very different yet interconnected medieval worlds. (Mayke de Jong, Utrecht University)

Barbara Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition treats us to a more multicultural and many-faceted period than was commonly studied years ago. Key literary and documentary texts from Western Europe retain their importance in this volume while a wealth of material from Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia illuminates connections with the Western medieval world. The introductions to individual texts are engagingly written and often include questions that will prove helpful in guiding students and scholars alike in their reading. (Joseph Grossi, University of Victoria)

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