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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Economic and social history of medieval Europe Economic and social history of medieval Europe Pirenne, Henri "In this book, Henri Pirenne, the great Belgian economic historian, traces the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire t… OL1433144W
Crying in the Middle Ages Crying in the Middle Ages Elina Gertsman "Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic … OL16168292W
Rhetoric beyond words Rhetoric beyond words Mary J. Carruthers "In the Middle Ages, liturgies, books, song, architecture and poetry were performed as collaborative activities in which performers and audience together realized their work anew. Essays by leading s… OL18589463W
Geschichte der Medizin Geschichte der Medizin Charles Lichtenthaeler Enthaelt: Bd. 1: Vorgeschichte, Antike und Mittelalter. Bd. 2: Fruehneuzeit (1500 bis 1800), eigentliche medizinische Moderne (1800 bis 1939), Zeitgeschichte und Futurologie. OL25068769W
Haut Moyen-âge Haut Moyen-âge Pirenne, Henri Le débat historique sur la rupture que constituerait le Haut Moyen Age par rapport à l'Antiquité s'articule autour du texte fondateur d'Henri Pirenne. OL28954021W
The Black death The Black death Phyllis Corzine Examines the causes, effects, and legacy of the epidemic that killed millions of people in Europe during the fourteenth century. OL3269930W
A World Lit Only by Fire A World Lit Only by Fire William Manchester William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages. OL4116624W