This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by generations of students and historians, but which will delight and inform all those interested in the history of medieval Europe. Part one, Historical Evolution , is a narrative account of the entire period, from the barbarian settlement of Roman Eu...

This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion. The history is divided into four parts.

Part I is a comprehensive account of pre-Islamic late antiquity; the beginnings of Islam; the ...

A brilliant new account of one of the world's most remote, mysterious and misunderstood places: Easter Island.

De Radboud Universiteit vierde in 2023 haar honderdjarig bestaan. In 1923 opende zij in het centrum van Nijmegen haar deuren onder de naam Roomsch Katholieke Universiteit. De stichting van de universiteit gold als een uniek en ambitieus project met als hoofddoel het stimuleren van katholieke jongeren tot het volgen van een academische studie. Bovendien wilden de stichters aantonen dat katholieken, naar wie doorgaans geringschattend werd gekeken, serieuze wetenschapsbeoefenaars konden zijn. Ho...

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period (c.300 to c.1500) or of the fate of the heirs of the Roman Empire.

Its lively and informative narrative covers the major events, political and religious movements, men and women, saints and sinners, economic and cultural changes, ideals, fears, and fa...