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  | | Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies(Reprint) by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-3194-6, ISBN: 0-8122-3194-5 "The active role of women in the labor force is not limited to recent decades, or even to the last century. As William Chester Jordan amply demonstrates in Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Developing Societies, women in premodern times played an integral part both as a source of labor and as participants in lending and borrowing. In this wide-ranging and provocative study, the author assesses the overall significance of women's wor ..." |
 | | The Apple of His Eye Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19011-2, ISBN: 0-691-19011-9 "The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military expeditions against Islam are well documented, but there was also a peaceful side to his encounter with the Muslim world, one that has received little attention until now. This splendid book shines new light on the king’s program to induce Musl ..." |
 | | From England to France(1st Edition) Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16495-3, ISBN: 0-691-16495-9 " At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile--or abjuration--flourished in western Europe. It was a judicial form of exile, not political or religious, and it was meted out to felons for crimes deserving of severe corporal punishment or death. From England to France explores the lives of these men and women who were condemned to abjure the English realm, and draws on their unique experiences to shed light o ..." |
 | | A Tale of Two Monasteries Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2011 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-15006-2, ISBN: 0-691-15006-0 " A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis--two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century--and to do so through the lives and c ..." |
 | | Europe in the High Middle Ages(3rd Edition) (The Penguin History of Europe) by William Chester Jordan, Penguin Books Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-016664-4, ISBN: 0-14-016664-5 ""The Penguin History of Europe series... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects."--New Statesman It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Middle Ages spanned the Crusades, the building of Chartres Cathedral, Dante's Inferno, and Thomas Aquinas. Buoyant, confident, creative, the era seemed to be flowering into a true renaissance-until the disastrous fourteenth century rained catas ..." |
 | | Knights, Lords, and Ladies In Search of Aristocrats in the Paris Region, 1180-1220 (The Middle Ages Series) by John W. Baldwin, William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-5128-9, ISBN: 0-8122-5128-8 "At the beginning of the twelfth century, the region around Paris had a reputation for being the land of unruly aristocrats. Entrenched within their castles, the nobles were viewed as quarrelling among themselves, terrorizing the countryside, harassing churchmen and peasants, pillaging, and committing unspeakable atrocities. By the end of the century, during the reign of Philip Augustus, the situation was dramatically different. The king ..." |
 | | The Apple of His Eye Converts from Islam in the Reign of Louis IX: 67 (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World, 67) by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21041-4, ISBN: 0-691-21041-1 "However that may be, for centuries the idea of a French invasion and Muslim conversion in particular simply would not die.30 Ironically, as Yann Potin has shown in a provocative essay, in the long aftermath of the crusade of 1270 North ..." |
 | | From England to France(Reprint) Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-17614-7, ISBN: 0-691-17614-0 "At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile--or abjuration--flourished in western Europe. It was a judicial form of exile, not political or religious, and it was meted out to felons for crimes deserving of severe corporal punishment or death. From England to France explores the lives of these men and women who were condemned to abjure the English realm, and draws on their unique experiences to shed light on a ..." |
 | | Europe in the High Middle Ages(1st Edition) (The Penguin history of Europe) by William Chester Jordan, David Cannadine Hardcover, 382 Pages, Published 2001 by Allen Lane ISBN-13: 978-0-7139-9084-3, ISBN: 0-7139-9084-8 "The world of mediaeval Europe continues to haunt us: its great works of art, its cathedrals and castles, many of its institutions - and yet this is a civilization from which we are fundamentally cut off. The uniquely terrible "fire break" of the 14th century - the famines, plagues and wars -meant that the Europe that slowly built itself in the 15th century was a very different place from the brilliant, confident world that had built Cha ..." |
 | | On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State(Reprint) (Princeton Classic Editions) by Joseph R. Strayer, Charles Tilly, William Chester Jordan Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16933-0, ISBN: 0-691-16933-0 "The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State is a classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. This short, clear book book explores the European state in its infancy, especially in institutional developments in the administration o ..." |
 | | Corrupt Histories (Studies in Comparative History) by Emmanuel Kreike, William Chester Jordan Paperback, 498 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Rochester Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-188-7, ISBN: 1-58046-188-3 "Corruption is a preoccupation of governments and societies across place and time, from the 18th-19th Century British, Chinese, and Iberian empires to 20th Century Nazi Germany, Russia, the United States, and India. This study offers three different perspectives on corruption. The first chapters highlight corrupt practices, taking as a point of departure a technocratic definition of corruption. The second part of the book views corruptio ..." |
 | | On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State(2nd Edition) (Princeton Classic Editions) by Joseph Reese Strayer, Charles Tilly, William Chester Jordan Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2005 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12185-7, ISBN: 0-691-12185-0 " The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Inspired by a lifetime of teaching and research, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State is a classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. This short, clear book book explores the European state in its infancy, especially in institutional developments in the administrati ..." |
 | | The Middle Ages A Watts Guide for Children (Watts Reference) by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2000 by Franklin Watts ISBN-13: 978-0-531-16488-4, ISBN: 0-531-16488-8 "A guide to the Middle Ages, discussing events, people, and practices around the world from 500 to 1500." |
 | | Servant of the Crown and Steward of the Church The Career of Philippe of Cahors (Medieval Academy Books) by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Toronto Press, Canada ISBN-13: 978-1-4875-2461-6, ISBN: 1-4875-2461-7 "Recueil des travaux de la Société libre d'agriculture, sciences, arts et belles lettres de l'Eure, 4th ser. 9 (1891): 485–90. Chartrier de ... Confessions et jugements de criminels au Parlement de Paris (1319–1350). Edited by Monique Langlois ..." |
 | | Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade A Study in Rulership (Princeton Legacy Library) by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 310 Pages, Published 2016 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-63545-3, ISBN: 0-691-63545-5 "Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in France. But, in spite of a vast amount of research, the details of what happened under his rule and why it happened have been little understood. Synthesizing this research from a thematic perspective, William Chester Jordan integrates the various facets of the king's reign from 1226 to 1270 to show how the monarch's reforms we ..." |
 | | Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear(Reprint) Jacques de Thérines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2016 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-17149-4, ISBN: 0-691-17149-1 "This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321. During this time the crown tried to force churchmen to accept policies many considered inconsistent with ecclesiastical freedom and traditions--such as paying war taxes and expelling the Jews from the kingdom. William Jordan considers these issues through the eyes of one of the ..." |
 | | Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade(Reprint) A Study in Rulership (Princeton Legacy Library) by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2015 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-60675-0, ISBN: 0-691-60675-7 " Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in France. But, in spite of a vast amount of research, the details of what happened under his rule and why it happened have been little understood. Synthesizing this research from a thematic perspective, William Chester Jordan integrates the various facets of the king's reign from 1226 to 1270 to show how the monarch's reform ..." |
 | | A Tale of Two Monasteries(1st Edition) Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13901-2, ISBN: 0-691-13901-6 " A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis--two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century--and to do so through the lives and com ..." |
 | | The Great Famine(Updated) by William Chester Jordan Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 1997 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-05891-7, ISBN: 0-691-05891-1 "The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. Until now, no one has offered a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis, nor has anyone p ..." |
 | | The Animal/Human Boundary(Updated) Historical Perspectives (Studies in Comparative History) by William Chester Jordan Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Rochester Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-120-7, ISBN: 1-58046-120-4 "The way in which humans articulate identities, social hierarchies, and their inversions through relations with animals has been a fruitful topic in anthropological and historical investigations for the last several years. The contributors to this volume call attention to the symbolic meanings of animals, from the casting of first-year students as goats in medieval universities to the representation of vermin as greedy thieves in early m ..." |
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