Resultaten voor 'elizabeth jeffrey'

1. Ruthy Gertwagen

Shipping, Trade and Crusade in the Medieval Mediterranean

'... a splendid Festschrift, presenting engaging articles that connect admirably well to each other and to the volume's themes. The articles highlighted here suggest the consistent richness of this work. This valuable, informative, and stimulating book fittingly honors Professor John Pryor, and additionally, it greatly enriches our understanding of shipping, trade, and crusade in the medieval Mediterranean world.' The Historian 'Altogether, this is a rich volume with many excellent studies and sometimes even important editions of texts. As difficult it sometimes proves to be to create a festschrift with inner, thematic cohesion, this one appears to have achieved that goal quite impressively... ' Mediaevistik '... [a] satisfactory collection. For students of Mediterranean commerce and cultural exchange in the central Middle Ages, it is extremely valuable, but anyone interested in medieval maritime history will find something of interest.' The Northern Mariner '... high scholarly value...' The Mariner’s Mirror '... the quality of many of these studies is very high. Kedar’s work on harbour chains, for example, will doubtless become a crucial point of reference for future work on this subject. Other studies develop fascinating avenues in interdisciplinary research or draw attention to relatively neglected source materials.' History '... all the contributions to this volume are useful, important and make a valuable contribution to their many different subjects. This, therefore, is a volume that can be read with great profit not just by maritime historians but by medievalists more widely. The editors are to be congratulated on putting such a useful collection together.' International Journal of Maritime History '... the book is a valuable new resource for scholars and students of medieval maritime history...' Journal of Transport History 'This book achieves its aim in graciously honoring John Pryor, illustrating all aspects associated with his own research

1. Elizabeth Jeffrey

Strangers' Hall

A Colchester saga, available for the first time in ebook

1. Elizabeth Jeffrey

Cast A Long Shadow

A dramatic family saga, filled to the brim with scandal and intrigue

1. Ruthy Gertwagen

Shipping, Trade and Crusade in the Medieval Mediterranean

Features papers that reflect the wide areas to which John Pryor has made significant contributions in the course of his scholarly career. In this book, his colleagues, students and friends discuss questions such as ship construction in the fourth and fifteenth centuries, and navigation and harbourage in the eastern Mediterranean.

1. Robin Cormack
2. Elizabeth Jeffreys

Through the Looking Glass: Byzantium through British Eyes

The papers in this volume derive from the 29th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. This was held for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies in the University of London in March 1995, in order to complement the British Museum exhibition 'Byzantium.

Rhetoric in Byzantium

This text explores the ways in which rhetoric functioned in Byzantine society - as a tool for the effective communication of ideas and ideologies, but at times also a barrier that inhibited the expression of real feelings and everyday realities, and imposed a burden of decoding on outsiders.