The Portable Medieval Reader
$51.03
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
26 May 1977
Summary
In their introduction to this anthology, James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin remind us that “no area of the past is dead if we are alive to it. The variety, the complexity, the sheer humanity of the middle ages live most meaningfully in their own authentic voices.”
The Portable Medieval Reader assembles an entire chorus of those voices—of kings, warriors, prelates, merchants, artisans, chroniclers, and scholars—that together convey a lively, intimate impression of a world that…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140150469 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140150463 |
| Author: | James Bruce Ross, Mary Martin McLaughlin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking Portable Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 May 1977 |
| Weight: | 541g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Portable Library |
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James Bruce Ross
James Bruce Ross
James Bruce Ross was a medieval scholar who contributed to The Portable Medieval Reader and The Portable Renaissance Reader.
Mary Martin McLaughlin
Mary Martin McLaughlin (1919-2006) was a medieval scholar whose work focused on often overlooked subjects of the period, such as the roles of families. She attended the University of Nebraska and Columbia University, and also taught at both Wellesley and Vassar. Most notably, she contributed to The Portable Medieval Reader and The Portable Renaissance Reader.
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