“The Medieval Record: Sources of Medieval History” second edition by Alfred J. Andrea
Fully updated and revised, this edition of a classic medieval source collection features:
- Clear modern English translations, based on the best available critical editions, of more than 116 documentary sources—more than any other book of its kind
- Thirty-four artifactual sources ranging from fine art to everyday items
- A broad topical, geographical, and chronological approach, including textual and artifactual selections that shed light on such often-overlooked cohorts as women, Jews in Christian Europe, Byzantium, and Islam, and that range in time from the second century to 1493
- Introductions and notes setting each source in its historical context
- A detailed Student’s Guide providing step-by-step instruction on how to analyze documentary and artifactual sources
- Numerous illustrations in each chapter
- Topical Contents and a Glossary to assist students in their research
