Who's Who in the Middle Ages

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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From Abelard to Zubaydah, here is a biographical dictionary of notable men and women of the Middle Ages. Hundreds of entries span the fifth to the fifteenth centuries, covering a broad range of creative, vigorous, and influential people from Europe and the Middle East. Each entry includes both personal and historical details, alternate name spellings, and references for further reading.A rich selection of appendices includes a chronology of events; a chronology of popes, emperors and monarchs; a list of colleges and universities of the Middle Ages; a list of major monasteries, abbeys, and convents and an alphabetical list of individuals by occupation.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-02-13
Mått216 x 279 x 16 mm
Vikt748 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786475308

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Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 40 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women’s and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Sources of the Illustrations A Brief Overview Who’s Who A Chronology of Events Popes, Emperors, and Monarchs Colleges and Universities, and Their Dates of Founding Major Monasteries, Abbeys, and Convents and Their Founders and Dates Individuals Listed by Occupation or Contribution Bibliography Index

“recommended”—Choice; “this well-illustrated and well-indexed volume would be a useful tool for researchers”—Booklist; “a superbly researched and presented biographical dictionary...outstanding...an indispensable, core reference...invaluable”—Midwest Book Review; “comprehensive...useful...Snodgrass must be congratulated on this presentation”—Reference Reviews; “impressive…a handy reference”—Arthuriana; “impressive...insightful narrative description...a very thorough index...excellent”—The Indexer.