Название: Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in Our Time
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Автор: Bernard Wasserstein
Год: 2009
Количество страниц: 928
Формат: PDF
Размер: 5 mb
Язык: English

In this important new book, University of Chicago historian Bernard Wasserstein offers the first serious, full-length history of a century of convulsive change. It is a history of barbarism and civilization, of cruelty and tenderness, of technological achievement and environmental blight, of imperial expansion and withdrawal, of authoritarian repression and of individualism resurgent. Wasserstein provides both a narrative of the main contours of the political, diplomatic, and military history and an analysis of the underpinnings of demographic, economic, and social developments. Most notably, the book explores the evolution of values and sensibilities in a period when, for the first time, God disappeared as a living presence in the minds of most Europeans.

Название: The Normans: The History of a Dynasty
Издательство: Hambledon Continuum
Автор: David Crouch
Год: 2006
Количество страниц: 362
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 mb
Язык: English

The first great city to which the Crusaders came in 1089 was not Jerusalem but Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom. It was the threat to Constantinople which led Urban II to preach the First Crusade, yet the Byzantines were extremely suspicious of this and subsequent crusades, often failing to provide looked for military and diplomatic support. The riches and sophistication of the great city nevertheless made a lasting impression on the crusaders, and through them on western European culture. In turn, Byzantine leaders employed their sophistication and diplomatic skills in an attempt to use the crusades to supply their own weaknesses. In the end, the lure of the city's wealth was irresistibly fatal to the claims of Christian unity. In 1204, the Fourth Crusade under the Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo, captured and sacked Constantinople, signaling the effective end of almost a thousand years of Byzantine dominance in the east.

Название: The History of Cartography
Издательство: University Of Chicago Press
Автор: J. B. Harley, David Woodward
Год: 1987
Количество страниц: 1226
Формат: PDF
Размер: 344 mb
Язык: English

This is the long-awaited first of six volumes that will likely be the standard reference work on the topic and help define the paradigm of an emerging discipline. The editors have assembled a group of internationally known scholars to write on various aspects of cartography. All the papers were written for this volume, and all reflect the editors' quest for a work that synthesizes as well as describes. This volume covers up to about 1470. Future volumes will extend coverage both chronologically and geographically. The illustrations, maps, index, and physical attributes of the book are all first rate.

Название: The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy
Издательство: Columbia University Press
Автор: Emran Qureshi, Michael A. Sells
Год: 2003
Количество страниц: 400
Формат: PDF
Размер: 2 mb
Язык: English

There is no Muslim enemy. In the 11th century the First Crusaders constructed him to cover spurious conquests and wanton killings. In the 21st century the New Crusaders reconstruct him to cover global asymmetries and moral blunders. Both sets of Crusaders are zealots with feet of clay. Their opposite is Eqbal Ahmad. Ahmad was an educator with a heart of gold. He was also a tireless, fearless agonist for justice. It is in his vision that these essays are cast and to his memory that they are collectively dedicated. This volume holds out true hope. Its message will resonate for all who look beyond Crusades to imagine, then construct a new world order without Muslim enemies.

Название: Arab Historians of the Crusades
Издательство: University of California Press
Автор: Francesco Gabrieli
Год: 1984
Количество страниц: 398
Формат: PDF
Размер: 2,5 mb
Язык: English

The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of the Acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happening were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. For the first time contemporary accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian have been translated into English, and the Western reader can learn 'the other side' of the Holy War.
Seventeen authors are represented in the extracts in this work, which have been drawn from various types of historical writings. The excerpts are taken firstly from the general histories of the Muslim world, then from chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties, and finally from biographies or records of the deeds of certain persons. The Arab histories of the Crusades compare favorably with their Christian counterparts in their rich accumulation of material and chronological information. Another of their merits is their faithful characterization, which they practiced in the brief but illuminating sketches of enemy leaders: Baldwin II's shrewdness, Richard Coeur de Lion's prowess in war, the indomitable energy of Conrad of Motferrat, Frederick II's diplomacy. The chronicles are generous, naturally, with their praises of the great champions of the Muslim resistance, especially of Saladin, who towers above all the other leaders in heroic stature. Although, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes.

Название: Saladin (Ancient World Leaders)
Издательство: Chelsea House Publications
Автор: John Davenport
Год: 2003
Количество страниц: 112
Формат: PDF
Размер: 2,5 mb
Язык: English

Examines the life of the very powerful and influential Muslim sultan, Saladin, who led his people in an attempt to regain holy lands in and around Jerusalem that had been lost during earlier Crusades.

Название: History of the Byzantine Empire: Vol. 1, 324-1453
Издательство: University of Wisconsin Press
Автор: Alexander A. Vasiliev
Год: 1958
Количество страниц: 382
Формат: PDF
Размер: 1,5 mb
Язык: English

“This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning.”

Название: New Larousse Encyclopedia Of Mythology
Издательство: Crescent Books
Автор: Felix Guirand, Richard Aldington, Delano Ames, Robert Graves
Год: 1987
Количество страниц: 500
Формат: PDF
Размер: 2 mb
Язык: English

Here, in all their wonder and splendor, are the Mythologies of Mankind.. from pre-biblical Egypt and pre-Homeric Greece to the farthest researches of Africa, the Orient, the Pacific and the Americas.. all gathered into one mammoth volume of unprecedented scope and beauty, and illustrated with an incomparable scope and beauty, and illustrated with an incomparable assemblage of authentic paintings, sculpture, symbols, idols, ritual and sacrificial objects, many rarely seen by modern Western eyes.

Название: Повесть Петеисе III. Древнеегипетская проза
Автор: коллектив
Издательство: Художественная литература
Год: 1978
Страниц: 303
Формат: pdf
Размер: 6,76 mb
Язык: русский
Проза древнего Египта представлена в книге четырьмя разделами: волшебными сказками, историческими повестями и " биографическими " текстами, повествованиями дидактического характера, поучениями и пророчествами, гимнами богам.

Автор: Звяруга Я.Г.
Название: Беларускае Павілле у жалезным веку і раннім сярэднявякоўі
Издательство: Мінск: ДНУ «Інстытут гісторіі НАН Беларусі»
Год: 2005
ISBN: 985-6769-07-8
Страниц: 174
Формат: PDF
Размер: 6,8 Mb
Язык: белорусский

В монографии представлены материалы исследований автора на территории Белорусского Повилья. Приведены данные разных археологических культур (штрихованной керамики, банцеровской, восточнолитовских курганов, славянские памятники раннего средневековья). На основе представленных материалов реконструируется жизнь населения указанной территории на протяжении более чем двух тысячелетий.
Издание рассчитано для археологов, историков и специалистов смежных научных дисциплин, а также для всех тех, кто интересуется историей нашей Родины.