Author: Rolf Toman
The High Middle Ages in Germany
Benedikt Taschen
1990 г.
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Author: Rolf Toman The High Middle Ages in Germany Benedikt Taschen 1990 г. Format: PDF Size: 5,31 mb Read Full Post European Witch Trials, Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500
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 Author: Komaroff L. (ed.) Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan Brill 2006 Format: PDF Size: 20 mb Language: English Pages: 679 This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and now distilled in this volume. This collection of 23 papers by many of the main authorities in the field demonstrates both the scope and the depth of the current state of Mongol-related studies and will undoubtedly inspire and provoke further research. The text is profusely illustrated by 27 color and 110 black-and-white illustrations. Read Full Post The Stormin' Normans
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