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  | | The Age of the Cloister(1st Edition) The Story of Monastic Life in the Middle Ages by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2002 by Paulist Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58768-018-2, ISBN: 1-58768-018-1 "The birth and flowering of monastic life and its impact on seekers today This comprehensive study of medieval monasteries offers a fascinating history of everyday monastic life and the literature, society, economy and culture of the Middle Ages. Brooke's sweeping narrative offers a compelling look at monastic life for today's spiritual seekers and is well suited as a travel companion to many European destinations. This meticulously rese ..." |
 | | From Alfred to Henry III; 871-1272(Norton Library Hist of England) by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 1966 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-00362-8, ISBN: 0-393-00362-0 "From Alfred to Henry III, 871-1272 is the second volume of the "Norton Library History of England."The 400 years covered by this volume saw two Danish invasions and the Norman Conquest of England. Each conquest carried with it extensive political and social changes. Alfred began the work of creating a unified kingdom out of the shambles of the smaller kingdoms that had fallen under Viking raids. The ninth and tenth centuries saw the set ..." |
 | | The Saxon and Norman Kings(3rd Edition) by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-631-23131-8, ISBN: 0-631-23131-5 "First published in 1963, this classic exploration of the history of English kings and kingship from the sixth to the twelfth centuries has now been updated for a new generation of readers. A prologue has been added summarizing changes in modern knowledge and underlining the difference between the history of the 'English people', a phrase of the sixth century, and the kingdom of the English, which only came of age in the tenth. An entire ..." |
 | | Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 962-1154(2nd Edition) by Christopher Brooke Hardcover, 548 Pages, Published 1987 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-582-00533-4, ISBN: 0-582-00533-7 |
 | | Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 962 - 1154(3rd Edition) (A General History of Europe Series, ) by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-582-36904-7, ISBN: 0-582-36904-5 " This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as well as political events; the rise of the Normans and the heyday of the medieval Empire. For the new edition there is increased coverage of the role of women and more attention to centr ..." |
 | | The Medieval Idea of Marriage(1st Edition) by Christopher Brooke Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1989 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-821777-0, ISBN: 0-19-821777-3 "This wide-ranging book offers fascinating insights into the nature of marriage in the Middle Ages, both in its social, political, legal, and religious aspects, and its treatment in contemporary art and literature. From such major topics as the role of the Church fathers and the Bible, and the practice and law of marriage, to the cult of celibacy and the relationship between marriage and architecture, Professor Brooke's illuminating stud ..." |
 | | Oxford and Cambridge(1st Edition) by Roger Highfield, Christopher Brooke, Wim Swann, Wim Swaan Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1988 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-30139-8, ISBN: 0-521-30139-4 "From Library Journal: Historians Brooke and Highfield have produced a tastefully written and sumptuously illustrated history of the two oldest and most beautiful universities in the English-speaking world. The Golden Age of building at Oxford and Cambridge spanned the 14th through 16th centuries; the Golden Age of social and educational reform occurred some three centuries later, as religious tests for matriculation and graduation were ..." |
 | | The Age of the Cloister by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by Sutton Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-3288-2, ISBN: 0-7509-3288-0 "Among the most beautiful and evocative buildings in the whole of Christendom are the monasteries of Western Europe. Set either in remote and lovely surroundings or in bustling areas of pilgrimage, they remain monuments to the intense spiritual experiences of medieval times. In this exploration of the age of monasticism, Christopher Brooke examines the ideals, the achievements and the impact on society of this extraordinary flowering of ..." |
 | | Popular Religion in the Middle Ages Western Europe 1000-1300. With 44 Illustrations by Rosalind B. Brooke, Christopher Brooke Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-0093-8, ISBN: 0-7607-0093-1 "Book by Brooke Rosalind B" |
 | | The Saxon and Norman Kings (British Monarchy Series) by Christopher Brooke, Von Rudolf Klasing Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1984 by Fontana ISBN-13: 978-0-00-632948-0, ISBN: 0-00-632948-9 "'An illuminating and imaginativereconstruction of what it really meant to be a king in Saxon and Norman times. Theessential merits of this book are its lightness of touch and its firm grounding inscholarship.' Economist'The whole book is packed with valuableinsights ... It is a book to be read andcherished by everyone who is interested inthe English past.' Alfred Duggan, SundayTimes'In this illuminating account ProfessorBrooke depicts k ..." |
 | | Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 962-1154(1st Edition) (General History of Europe) by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 1975 by Longman Higher Education ISBN-13: 978-0-582-48476-4, ISBN: 0-582-48476-6 "This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as well as political events; the rise of the Normans and the heyday of the medieval Empire. For the new edition there is increased coverage of the role of women and more attention to centra ..." |
 | | The Structure of Medieval Society by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 143 Pages, Published 1971 by Mcgraw-Hill ISBN-13: 978-0-07-008061-4, ISBN: 0-07-008061-5 |
 | | Europe in the Central Middle Ages 962-1154 (General History of Europe) by Christopher Brooke Hardcover, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-14741-6, ISBN: 1-138-14741-9 |
 | | Europe in the Central Middle Ages 962-1154 by Christopher Brooke 488 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-87880-3, ISBN: 1-317-87880-9 "... north-eastern Europe throughout the early and central Middle Ages. There is important new evidence and new perceptions in O.R. Constable, Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain (Cambridge, 1994). 27 M. Bloch, Slavery and Serfdom in the Middle Ages (Berkeley, 1975), p. 141. 28 See Southern, Making of the Middle Ages, pp. 98 ff., esp. p. 101. 29 See B. Tierney, Medieval Poor Law ( Berkeley and Los." |
 | | And the Concept of Zero by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 94 Pages, Published 2006 by Cinnamon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-905614-05-9, ISBN: 1-905614-05-5 "Ted must not be told — his health can only take so much at this late stage. and, Sgt. Hywel Jenkins says, there's a fair bet the little gets are watching us from across the fence; the family's well known and they're already sold a broach that ..." |
 | | The Saxon and Norman Kings(Updated) by Christopher Brooke Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-0000-6, ISBN: 0-7607-0000-1 |
 | | A Portrait of Gonville & Caius College(1st Edition) by Christopher Brooke, Wei-Yao Liang, Dan White, Professor Weo-Yao Liang, Mick Le Moignan Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by Third Millenium Pub Ltd Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-903942-90-1, ISBN: 1-903942-90-X "This book celebrates two anniversaries in the long history of this College. It is 660 years since its College's first foundation by Edmund Gonville in 1348 and 450 years since the second foundation by Dr John Caius in 1558. Buildings alone do not make a College, no matter how beautiful they may be; and yet they provide a vital support for this powerful intellectual community that renews itself year after year. Caius is a living continu ..." |
 | | English Episcopal Acta 34, Worcester 1186-1218(1st Edition) by Mary Cheney, David Smith, Christopher Brooke, Philippa Hoskin, Philippa M. Hoskin Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by British Academy ISBN-13: 978-0-19-726430-0, ISBN: 0-19-726430-1 "This volume completes the publication of acta from this diocese. It contains full editions of the surviving documents of seven bishops and charts a period of building work, the canonization of an earlier bishop, Wulfstan, and includes the documents of a future archbishop of York, Walter de Gray. The introduction discusses the Statuta of Bishop Henry and the Decreta of Bishop John. This volume is of value to all those interested in medie ..." |
 | | The Medieval Idea of Marriage(Updated) by Christopher Brooke Paperback, 325 Pages, Published 1991 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-285239-7, ISBN: 0-19-285239-6 "This book offers an in-depth look at the nature of medieval marriage in the period 1000 to 1500. Brooke surveys current approaches to the idea of marriage, exploring the practice and law of marriage, the cult of celibacy in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the relationship between marriage and architecture. He draws on a wide range of case studies and other sources, including the letters of Heloise and Abelard, the epics of Wolfram von ..." |
 | | Church and the Welsh Border in the Central Middle Ages(1st Edition) (Studies in Celtic History) by Christopher Brooke, David N. Dumville Hardcover, 142 Pages, Published 1986 by Boydell Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85115-175-5, ISBN: 0-85115-175-2 "These four major studies, thoroughly revised for this book, reflect this distinguished historian's continuing interest in relations between England and Wales in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries. An introduction places the conclusions offered in these studies within the current framework of historical thinking about Wales in this period. The first chapter, a survey of Anglo-Welsh ecclesiastical life in the tenth and eleventh cen ..." |
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