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The Missionary Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

The Missionary Life

Missionaries were not only the agents of change, but also some of Europe's first historians. This uniquely wide-ranging account tells the history of the christianisation of Western Europe through investigation of the lives of the missionaries. Unravelling unreliable and partial sources, Ian Wood produces a compelling survey of European evangelisation, and brings a remote age to life.

Christianizing Peoples and Converting Individuals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 372

Christianizing Peoples and Converting Individuals

This selection of papers from the International Medieval Congress held at Leeds University in 1997, reflects the interest shown by those present, in the christianisation of Britain and the interface between Christians, Muslims and Jews.

The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 412

The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751

The centuries immediately following the collapse of Roman rule in what is now France are an extraordinarily tangled time that is frequently dismissed as no more than a chaotic prelude to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. Ian Wood's aim is to demonstrate that there was more to Merovingian France than fratricidal kinglets, murderous queens, corrupt bishops and otherworldly monastic saints.

The Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 389

The Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-09-26
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Ian Wood explores how Western Europeans have looked back to the Middle Ages to discover their origins and the origins of their society.

The Merovingian North Sea
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 26

The Merovingian North Sea

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1983
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Early Medieval Kingship
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Early Medieval Kingship

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1977
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  • Publisher: Editors

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Smith and Wood's Employment Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 929

Smith and Wood's Employment Law

Authoritative and accessible, Smith & Wood's Employment Law provides detailed and well-explained coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critique and contextual treatment engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and deep understanding of the subject.

Regna and Gentes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 720

Regna and Gentes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This book is the first comprehensive and comparative study of the difficult relationship between ethnic identities and political organisation in the post-Roman and early medieval kingdoms. 16 authors (historians, archaeologists and linguists) deal with ten important kingdoms of this period and with its political and legal context.

The Most Holy Abbot Ceolfrid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 46

The Most Holy Abbot Ceolfrid

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Historical Atlas of North American Railroads
  • Language: en

The Historical Atlas of North American Railroads

With over 400 high quality maps, plans, and photographs this book brings the subject to life, revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology. It maps the spread of the networks across the country, showing the stations and important intersections, the layout and location of major bridges and tunnels, and much more. It examines railroad technology, from the early steam engines, through diesel and electric locomotives. It also details the building of stations, railroad constructions and factories that grew up around the railroad network. Social history is explored, covering the movement of people, farm produce and manufactured goods, giving a real insight into the role that rail transportation played.