CLAS 11A/12A: Cultures & Ideas I and II: Ancient Spaces (Roncaglia): The Middle Ages

This 3-volume encyclopedia of Byzantine studies is essential. Its articles on Byzantine history and culture cover all aspects of ancient Byzantium, from the 4th to the 15th centuries CE. The articles are succinct, written by experts, and contain brief, but critical, bibliographies.

Long the standard multivolume encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, this set contains scholarly articles on the medieval world, from 500 - 1500 CE, in Europe, the Slavic world, Asia Minor, and the Muslim lands of the Middle East and North Africa.

This four-volume encyclopedia covers all aspects of European history, society, and culture from 500 - 1500 CE., with particularly strong coverage of central and eastern Europe. Also included are relevant aspects of the Byzantine empire, the Islamic world, and the peoples of Asia (such as the Mongols) with whom medieval Europe came into contact.

This four-volume encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of aspects of daily life and culture throughout the world from the fall of the Roman Empire through the European Renaissance. Each article explores a specific topic (such as cities, gender roles, mining, ships and shipbuilding, and slavery) across the entire world. Each topic is examined as it occurred in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Islamic world. This approach makes it easy to compare similarities, differences, and influences worldwide.

This multivolume set provides excellent scholarly surveys of the history of the medieval world, from the late Roman empire to the end of the 14th century CE. Each volume is a narrative survey of the history and culture of the Middle Ages throughout Europe and the Slavic and Balkan regions. Also included are aspects of Byzantine and Muslim history as they affected the west.