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Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women (The New Historicism : Studies in Cultural Poetics, 1)
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There is a lot of hype surrounding this book. My professors seem to love it, though I do not know why. This book is based on totally fallacious reasoning and was written by a mediocre intellect. Let me explain. Bynum argues that medieval women like Catherine of Siena were not anorexic because anorexics today supposedly starve themselves for the sake of... »
The Praise of Folly and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
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Erasmus knew the heart of man. His writings in the 16th Century AD are completely relevant to today. If only our leaders read Erasmus he could have told them what folly any war is.... »
The World: A History, Volume Two (since 1300) (The World: A History)
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The Travels of Ibn Battutah
If you want to read ibn Battutah in his own words, this is the best source currently available. But know what you are getting. 300 pages of small print,... »
A History of the Vikings
This is a good book. Much larger and more detailed than I thought on purchasing it but, most pleased with it!... »
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (Oxford Wor
The commentary for each selection is informative and clear, and the translations are lucid and lively reading. A complete version of Beowulf is here along... »
Richard and John: Kings at War
I must say that I am very disheartened by some of the other reviews here that chide author McLynn for using big words or for going into excessive detail i... »
The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of
The second crusade is an overlooked and underestimated aspect of crusade history. in this fine and detailed work jonathan phillips, lecturer of crusade ... »
Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World: A Concis
"Bang the casserole against the ground," an instruction from one of the recipes in Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World (p.135). (Kids, do not do this a... »
The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 3
This amazing book has 96 primary sources - excerpts from books and essays by and about pre-emancipation Jews, discussing topics as varied as Christian and... »
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