
Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the Western medieval world is well-known for offering an excellent selection of substantial excerpts-or entire documents wherever possible-from the most widely studied historical texts. This...

For this new edition, Patrick J. Geary has incorporated more bibliographical information into the introductions to the readings. Five texts have been added to better reflect legal, religious, Polish, and women's history. A glossary is provided to help with unfamiliar terms. For...

Four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third,...



"The addition of material on Christians, Jews and Moors in medieval Spain makes the third edition of this excellent reader even better." - Julia M. H. Smith, University of St. Andrews

"The addition of material on Christians, Jews and Moors in medieval Spain makes the third edition of this excellent reader even better." - Julia M. H. Smith, University of St. Andrews