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This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.) As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included... Read Full Overview

This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.) As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included... Read Full Overview

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

This much-anticipated... Read Full Overview

Volume II: The Later Middle Ages begins in the late eleventh century. For this new edition, Patrick J. Geary has incorporated more bibliographical information into the introductions to the readings. St. Thomas Aquinas' "On the Proof of God's Existence ," selections from the Saxon... Read Full Overview

"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