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An Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

6 best books like An Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe (Henri Pirenne): The Worldly Philosophers, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods, Medieval People, The Birth of Purgatory, Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin

The Worldly Philosophers
AuthorRobert L. Heilbroner
The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly...
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
AuthorKeith Thomas
ISBN0195213602
Astrology, witchcraft, magical healing, divination, ancient prophecies, ghosts, and fairies were taken very seriously by people at all social and economic levels in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Helplessness in the face of disease and human disaster helped to perpetuate this...
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
AuthorAntonin Sertillanges
ISBN0813206464

"Evening! how little , usually, people know about making it holy and quiet, about using it to prepare for really restorative sleep! How it is wasted, polluted, misdirected."
~~ quote from The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges, O.P.


It has taken me a year to work my way through...
Medieval People
AuthorEileen Power
ISBN0486414353
In this classic of social history, noted medieval scholar Eileen Power recreates the lives of six ordinary people who lived during the Middle Ages. Drawing upon account books, diaries, letters, records, wills, and other authentic historical documents, she brings to vivid life Bodo, a Frankish peasant...
The Birth of Purgatory
AuthorJacques Le Goff
ISBN0226470830
In The Birth of Purgatory, Jacques Le Goff, the brilliant medievalist and renowned Annales historian, is concerned not with theological discussion but with the growth of an idea, with the relation between belief and society, with mental structures, and with the historical role of the imagination....
Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
AuthorBruce Chatwin
ISBN0224089897
The definitive collection of the letters of the enigmatic writer, providing new perspectives on his extraordinary life. Selected and edited by Elizabeth Chatwin and Nicholas Shakespeare, with an introduction by Elizabeth Chatwin.

"I am most certainly in the mood for writing letters."

Bruce...
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