wyszukanych pozycji: 2
The Islamic World, Russia and the Vikings, 750-900: The Numismatic Evidence
ISBN: 9780860786573 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Professor Noonan here sets out to examine what Islamic silver coins (dirhams) reveal about the great trade between the Islamic world, European Russia, and the Baltic during the early Viking Age. Particular attention is devoted to the origins of this international commerce and the role of such peoples as the Vikings and Khazars. As he shows, the study of these coins also throws new light on mint output in the a Abbasid caliphate, the historical significance of specific dirham hoards, and how the patterns of trade evolved during the course of the ninth century."
Professor Noonan here sets out to examine what Islamic silver coins (dirhams) reveal about the great trade between the Islamic world, European Russia,...
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698,90 zł |
The Road to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Age of Discovery
ISBN: 9780812239942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The history of early modern travel is captured in its volatile and evolving literature. From the middle of the 1400s, what had been for centuries a travel literature of pilgrimage to the Holy Land underwent two "modernizations" in rapid succession. The first, in the wake of Gutenberg, was the casting or recasting of pilgrims' accounts in the new medium of print. By the waning of the fifteenth century, such printed literature had reconfirmed and enhanced long-distance pilgrimage as the primary narrative of European travel. The second, forged by the great discoveries and reformations of the... The history of early modern travel is captured in its volatile and evolving literature. From the middle of the 1400s, what had been for centuries a... |
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320,97 zł |