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Behold humanity! a sociological perspective Europe in the middle ages (Films for Humanities (Firm)) Evolution of society Graphic medieval history Great courses (DVD) Hinges of history 1 Penguin history of Europe ; 2 Penguin history of Europe ; 6 Talking textiles Wandering tribes of EuropeMadden, Thomas F.
Summary: Overview: 'God wills it!' With that cry of medieval knights a new era in European history began. Across Europe a wave of pious enthusiasm led many thousands to leave their homes, family, and friends to march to a distant land in a great struggle for Christ. Yet the crusades were more than simply a holy war. They represent a synthesis of attitudes and values that were uniquely medieval-so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Natl Book Network 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.07 MADClark, Gregory
Summary: How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique -- tracking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.513 CLAGitlin, Marty.
Summary: This entertaining volume reveals some of the grossest practices in hygiene, dining, fashion, and medicine of Medieval Europe. Serfs often smelled bad, and they bathed and relieved themselves in streams filled with garbage. Wealthier individuals who had bathrooms produced waste that was sent down chutes into the castle moat. Peasants and nobles commonly consumed animal parts that today we would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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Summary: "The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period--one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book, and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation. Tracking the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 WICGabriele, Matthew
Summary: "A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself."--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 GABCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 GABMikanowski, Jacob
Summary: "In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed--from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism--illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history. Eastern Europe, the moniker, has gone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 MIKHirst, John (John Bradley)
Summary: "An ultra-accessible master class on three millennia of Europe's history, from Ancient Greece through World War II-and how it shaped the continent of today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940 HIRCurrie, Stephen
Summary: With no scientific knowledge to guide them, people of medieval times believed that diseases were supernatural phenomena or punishments from God. Thus medical treatments were usually primitive and often horrifying. But little by little, knowledge grewultimately leading to a more practical and scientific approach to understanding sickness and ways to treat it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 CURJeffrey, Gary.
Summary: Relates in graphic novel format three Viking attacks on Great Britain and places them in historic context.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub Co 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 948 JEFSummary: Marx divided the industrial world into two antagonistic classes: the bourgeois and the proletariat. In today's society, this simple dichotomy fails to capture the many segments of a global marketplace. From the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian cultures; to ancient empires and medieval fiefdoms; to the technocrats, executives, laborers, and others of the stratified modern world, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: By the 6th century, the migrating peoples of Europe had begun to settle down, establishing the boundaries of their domains-but not of their ambitions. Who would become the heirs of the Roman Empire and the allies-and enemies-of the Church? This program reconstructs the development of key non-Roman kingdoms including those of the Ostrogoths in Italy, the Merovingians in Gaul, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: During the Middle Ages, most of Europe's inhabitants were illiterate and lived in the shadow of the wealthy; knowledge of peasant culture is therefore limited. This program addresses the historical lack of firsthand written materials, viewing serfs and servants through the eyewitness accounts of a fictitious traveler. Although a peasant farmer's daily existence was indeed oppressive, defined by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Wickham, Chris
Summary: Prizewinning historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of European history betweeen A.D. 400 and 1000 with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and archaeological approaches, Wickham argues that these centuries were critical in the formulation of European identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 WICJankowski, Tomek
Summary: "Eastern Europe! is a brief and concise (but informative) introduction to Eastern Europe and its myriad customs and history... This book is a gateway to understanding both what unites and separates Eastern Europeans from their Western brethren, and how this vital region has been shaped by, but has also left its mark on, Western Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 JANSummary: What wheat is to bread, cotton is to textiles. But the "white gold" that has lined the coffers of cloth manufacturers for centuries has also brought about economic and environmental harm. This program examines the global impact of cotton production and its effect on vulnerable populations. Viewers learn how pesticides, insecticides, and irrigation systems used to grow cotton have increased...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Iran's interaction with its neighbours is a topic of wide interest. But while many historical studies of the country concentrate purely on political events and high-profile actors, this book takes the opposite approach: writing history from below, it instead focuses on the role of everyday lives. Modern Iranian historiography has been dominated by ideas of nationalism, modernization, religion,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: I.B.Tauris 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955 IRAContents: Disc 1: The other Europe: deep roots of diversity -- Formative migrations: Mongols to Germans -- Clashing Golden Ages, 1389-1772 -- The great crime of empires: Poland divided -- The origins of nationalism, 1815-1863 -- The Age of empires, 1863-1914 -- disc 2: Jewish life in the shtetl -- World War I: destruction and rebirth -- From democrats to dictators, 1918-1939 -- Caught between Hitler and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 947 HISSummary: Professor Liulevicius delves deeply into the cultures of this region-the 20 nations that stretch from the Baltic to the Black Seas. This course presents the grand sweep of all this history and clues you in on the context necessary to understand today's world. He also gives you specific, unique insights that are fascinating in their own right-and seldom mentioned in the history books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2015
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Cahill, Thomas.
Summary: The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, Doubleday 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Social Distortion (Musical group)
Contents: So far away -- Let it be me -- Story of my life -- Sick boys -- Ring of fire -- Ball and chain -- It coulda been me -- She's a knockout -- A place in my heart -- Drug train.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SOCJarausch, Konrad Hugo.
Summary: "A sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe, Out of Ashes tells the story of an era of unparalleled violence and barbarity yet also of humanity, prosperity, and promise. Konrad Jarausch describes how the European nations emerged from the nineteenth century with high hopes for continued material progress and proud of their imperial command over the globe, only to become embroiled in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5 JARKershaw, Ian
Summary: "From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age's uniquely devastating despots-and how and why other countries found better paths. The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 KERJeffrey, Gary.
Summary: Relates in graphic novel format three battles during revolts and uprisings in Great Britain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub Co 2014