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New Studies In Medieval History
New Studies in Medieval History was a series of undergraduate level books on medieval history published by Macmillan between 1973 and the mid-1990s. French and Italian history notably featured in the list of volumes with Chris Wickham's ''Early Mediaeval Italy'' (1981), Edward James's ''The Origins of France'' (1982), and Roger Collins's ''Early Medieval Spain'' (1983) forming a trilogy that was described by Paul Fouracre in ''Teaching History'' in 1986 as being "required reading for undergraduates studying the early middle ages". Margaret Gibson, in ''The English Historical Review'' in 1988, described the series as having a "reputation for thorough, reliable scholarship". Selected titles * ''Society and Politics in Mediaeval Italy''. J.K. Hyde, 1973. *''Spain in the Middle Ages: From Frontier to Empire, 1000-1500''. Angus MacKay, 1977. *''The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525''. Eric Christiansen, 1980. *''Early Mediaeval Italy: Central Power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval History
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Middle Ages, Early, High Middle Ages, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Leyser
Henrietta Leyser (née Bateman, born 12 June 1941) is an English historian. She is an expert on the history of medieval England, in particular the role of women. Career Leyser is an Emeritus Fellow at St Peter's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She joined St Peter's College in 1996 as Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval History, becoming an Official Fellow in 2002 and a Senior Research Fellow in 2008 before retiring in 2011. During her time at the college she additionally served as Tutor for Admissions between 1998 and 2008 and as Tutor for Welfare between 2004 and 2011. Leyser was W. John Bennett Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Institute and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2011-12. She was a Distinguished Visitor at the Centre of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (January-April 2012). She has contributed biographies to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Between 2003 and 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers Books
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Mark Whittow
Mark Whittow (24 August 1957''England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018'' – 23 December 2017) was a British historian, archaeologist, and academic, specialising in the Byzantine Empire. He was a university lecturer at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Early life and education Whittow was born in Cambridge.''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' He attended Lord Wandsworth College in Long Sutton, Hampshire. From 1976 he read Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford, and in 1987 earned a DPhil in Byzantine history and archaeology. Academic career Whittow was a research fellow and lecturer at Oriel College and held faculty positions at the University of Reading and at King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Forey
Alan John Forey (born 1933) is reader emeritus in history at the University of Durham and an authority on the history of the military orders of the Middle Ages. In 1994, his work was collected and published in the Variorum Collected Studies series as ''Military Orders and Crusades''. Routledge. Retrieved 4 December 2016. Selected publications *''The Templars of the "Corona de Aragón"''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1973. *"The Military Order of St Thomas of Acre", '''', 92 (1977), pp. 481–503. *''The Military Orders from the Twelfth to the Early Fourteenth Centurie ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Michael Haren
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Roger Collins
Roger J. H. Collins (born 2 September 1949) is an English medievalist, currently an honorary fellow in history at the University of Edinburgh. Collins studied at the University of Oxford ( Queen's and Saint Cross Colleges) under Peter Brown and John Michael Wallace-Hadrill. He then taught ancient and medieval history at the universities of Liverpool and Bristol. He arrived at the University of Edinburgh in 1994 and joined the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities before becoming an honorary fellow in the Department of History (now the School of History, Classics and Archaeology) in 1998. His research has primarily concerned the Early Middle Ages, with an emphasis on Spain, but also the Franks. His studies on the Basques and the Papacy (ongoing) have extended beyond this medieval period into the modern. His most recent publication is a book on the seventh- and eighth-century versions of the ''Chronicle of Fredegar'' for the ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica''. Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the United Kingdom and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the United States) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the Big Five (publishers), "Big Five" English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel MacMillan, Daniel and Alexander MacMillan (publisher), Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward James (historian)
Edward Frederick James (born 14 May 1947) is a British scholar of medieval history and science fiction. He is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. James received the Hugo Award for his non-fiction book ''The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction'' (co-edited with Farah Mendlesohn), and the Pilgrim Award for lifetime contribution to SF and fantasy scholarship. Biography James was born in Solihull, Warwickshire. He attended the Solihull School and read Modern History at St John's College, Oxford (1965-1968). He completed postgraduate work at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford, 1968-1970, supervised by Professor Christopher Hawkes. James was awarded D.Phil in 1975, for a thesis entitled ‘South-West Gaul from the fifth to the eighth century: the contribution of archaeology’. He began teaching in 1970 at University College, Dublin. He was a lecturer at the Department of Medieval History in University College Dublin from 1970 to 1978. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Christiansen
Eric Christiansen (15 September 1937 – 31 October 2016) was a medieval historian and fellow emeritus of New College, Oxford University. Christiansen was born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire and was educated at Charterhouse School after which he served in the ranks of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He became a fellow of New College after completing a thesis on modern Spanish history but subsequently specialised in medieval history. Selected publications * ''The origins of military power in Spain, 1800-1854''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967. (Oxford Historical Monographs) * ''The Northern Crusades, the Baltic and the Catholic Frontier, 1100-1525''. Macmillan, 1980. ( New Studies in Medieval History) * ''The Works of Sven Aggesen: Twelfth-century Danish Historian''. Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992. * ''Dudo of St Quentin: History of the Normans''. Translation with introduction and notes. Boydell Press Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Martlesham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
