San Antonio College Library

Profusely illustrated text discusses the history, customs, life style, and discoveries of the Vikings.

Many aspects of medieval society are alien to the twentieth-century observer, such as the hierarchy of ranks and the division of authority into the secular and the religious. Yet medieval history is full of personalities who attract and interest us and Christopher Brooke portrays them in the context of their society. Keeping generalization to a minimum, the author concentrates on particular topics -- the court, the papacy, the law, the town and the...

Opera Muliebria (medieval Latin term for "women's labours") deals with courses on women's history, Western civilization, European economic history and medieval history. It is a survey of women's participation in economic activities from ancient times to the late Middle Ages.

Examines why people went on pilgrimages in the Middle Ages, who went on them, and where they went.

Contains 15 essays, 8 signed J.D.G.D. and 7 signed F.R.W.

A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550, demolishes the widely held view that the phrase "medieval business" is an oxymoron. The authors review the entire range of business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped the organization of agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation, and marketing. Then they deal with the responses of businessmen...

"In his new book Norman F. Cantor, the brilliant author of Inventing the Middle Ages and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, profiles eight men and women who are both representative figures of the Middle Ages and led extraordinary lives. Among them are Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, often called the founder of the Middle Ages and author of the first modern autobiography; Cardinal Humbert of Lorraine, the chief political theorist of the medieval papacy;...

Medieval ideas about women - The lady - The working woman in town and country - Education - Nunneries - Women and marriage - Medicine in the Middle Ages.