Comprises work from leading international scholars examining four major historical themes.
Includes several pieces translated into English for the first time.
Designed for student use with extensive editorial introduction and explanatory notes.
This collection brings together some of the most original and influential work in the field of medieval history in recent years.
Includes several pieces translated into English for the first time.
Designed for student use with extensive editorial introduction and explanatory notes.
This collection brings together some of the most original and influential work in the field of medieval history in recent years.
"Rosenwein and Little have produced an extraordinarily broad andintelligent guide to the major debates in medieval history of thepast decades. Not only are the selections well chosen, but theirintroductions are the best surveys of contemporary medievalhistoriography available in any language." Patrick J. Geary,Director, University of Notre Dame
"Debating the Middle Ages will be a uniquely valuablebook for beginning and advanced students, for teachers, and forscholars. By prefacing reprints or translations of important recentarticles on four broad problems in medieval history with lucid,well-annotated analyses of how debates on each of the four problemshas proceeded, Little and Rosenwein provide a superb introductionto the ways in which historians today are studying, arguing about,and reinventing medieval European history." Stephen D. White,Professor of Medieval History
"Little and Rosenwein have assembled an impressive selection ofessays, incorporating some of the most original and influentialrecent works in the field of medieval history." Economic HistoryReview
"Compilations such as this one will ensure that medieval studiesremain intellectually vibrant by encouraging students of thesubject to reflect critically upon the forces and ideas that haveshaped, and continue to shape, the discipline ... I believe it willprove to be an indispensable tool for both teachers and students inthe future." Comitatus
"Debating the Middle Ages will be a uniquely valuablebook for beginning and advanced students, for teachers, and forscholars. By prefacing reprints or translations of important recentarticles on four broad problems in medieval history with lucid,well-annotated analyses of how debates on each of the four problemshas proceeded, Little and Rosenwein provide a superb introductionto the ways in which historians today are studying, arguing about,and reinventing medieval European history." Stephen D. White,Professor of Medieval History
"Little and Rosenwein have assembled an impressive selection ofessays, incorporating some of the most original and influentialrecent works in the field of medieval history." Economic HistoryReview
"Compilations such as this one will ensure that medieval studiesremain intellectually vibrant by encouraging students of thesubject to reflect critically upon the forces and ideas that haveshaped, and continue to shape, the discipline ... I believe it willprove to be an indispensable tool for both teachers and students inthe future." Comitatus