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Medieval Russia, 980-1584
by Janet Martin
This revised edition is a concise, yet comprehensive narrative of the history of Russia from the reign of Vladimir I the Saint, through to the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible. Supplementing the original edition with results of recently published scholarship as well as her own research, Janet Martin emphasizes the dynamics of Russia's political evolution from the loose federation of principalities known as Kievan Rus' through the era of Mongol ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$100.00, Our Price US$29.98
The Ecology of Expansion and Abandonment: Medieval and Post-Medieval Agriculture and Settlement in a Landscape Perspective
by Per Lageràs
This book tells the story of society and landscape change in a marginal upland area of southern Sweden during the last millennium. The study reveals a fascinating interplay between periods of colonization and expansion on the one hand and periods of decline and abandonment on the other. By using palaeoecological analyses in combination with archaeological data and written records, the author places the local society in a larger context. From a ...
Paperback. Price US$24.00
Verbotene Bilder: Heiligenfiguren aus Russland
edited by Marianne Stössl
This volume features many carved wooden sculptures of saints from 14th- to 20th-century Russia, which until now have been largely unknown to the western public. Officially banned by a proclamation of Peter I, they have nevertheless always been an important part of Russian religious devotion. The sculptures are grouped stylistically into two major groups: early ones are characterized by iconically transcendent austerity, while later ones refl ect ...
Hardback. Price US$82.00
Comb-Making in Medieval Novgorod (950-1450): An Industry in Transition
by Lyubov Smirnova
Many hundred of bone and antler combs have been uncovered during half a century of excavation at the medieval settlement of Novgorod in Russia. Recovered from sites across the city, and spanning its entire medieval history, the combs reveal much about the ...
Paperback. Price US$105.00
Nowgorod: Das goldene Zeitalter der Ikonen
edited by Heinz Spielmann and Ortrud Westheider
Palast, Kirchen und Klöster des Grossen Nowgorod brachten die bedeutendsten Ikonen der ostkirchlichen Malerei hervor. Ihre weltbekannten Meisterwerke vermitteln im vorliegenden Band ein umfassendes Bild von Kunst und Kultur der alten Metropole.
Im mittelalterlichen Russland spielte Nowgorod eine herausragende Rolle als wichtigster Handelsplatz auf dem Weg von Norden nach Süden und als Zentrum der altrussischen Kultur und Kunst. ...
Paperback. Price US$56.00
Anne's Bohemia: Czech Literature and Society 1310-1420
by Alfred Thomas
Ten chapters examine aspects of medieval Czech literature, with particular emphasis on women readers and subjects and the influence of the church. Individual manuscripts examined include The Dalimil Chronicle, The Ointment Seller, The ...
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Catalogue of Medieval Sites in Continental Croatia
by Tajana Sekelj Ivancan
A collection of the extant data on 822 medieval sites, ranging in date from the time of the invasion of the Huns to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Whilst not intended to be exhaustive, the aim of the author is that it should serve as "a working ...
Paperback. Price US$100.00
Mittelalterarchaologie in Zentraleuropa
edited by Gunter Fehring and Walter Sage
This is a collection of papers assessing the important advances in Central European Medieval archaeology made over the last few years. The 16 contributors discuss a number of countries, from England (Martin Biddle) to Scandinavia (Hans Andersson). 234p ...
Hardback. Price US$103.00
From Coloman The Learned To Bela III (1095-1196)
by Z.J.Kosztolnyik
Table of Contents: The Early Years of Coloman the Learned in the Record of the Sources; The Investiture Controversy in the Background of King Coloman's First Legislative Assembly; Coloman's Ecclesiastical Legislation and the Last Years of His Reign; ...
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The Middle Ages in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 7)
by Alison Frantz
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$3.00, Our Price US$1.00
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