First published in 1967, Professor Bairochs Diagnostic de LEvolution Economique du Tiers-Monde has gone into four editions, and has brought the author an international reputation. This English translation is, in effect, another edition based on the latest French text but incorporating much which is not to be found there. The statistical tables have been revised and expanded wherever possible to include figures up to the end of 1972; the bibliography has been specially adapted to include the literature on the subject in the English language; and two new chapters have been...
First published in 1967, Professor Bairochs Diagnostic de LEvolution Economique du Tiers-Monde has gone into four editions, and has brought the aut...
"Georges Duby in productivity and originality stands at the forefront of active medievalists in France and in the world. The present collection contains 15 of his short articles, most but not all of which appear in English for the first time. . . Of capital interest are his several essays that explore the evolution of nobility, knighthood, the noble family, and the ideals of chivalry across the central Middle Ages. They are both a summary and the point of departure of current research into the medieval aristocracy .... Indispensable."--Choice " A] valuable collection. The title is...
"Georges Duby in productivity and originality stands at the forefront of active medievalists in France and in the world. The present collection contai...
In 1961 Georges Duby wrote what is still the best overview of European medieval rural history to date. Originally published in French and first translated into English in 1968, Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West brings together local research on the countryside and its economic life and distills from it lessons that apply much more widely. With this edition, the University of Pennsylvania Press brings this modern classic back into print.
In 1961 Georges Duby wrote what is still the best overview of European medieval rural history to date. Originally published in French and first transl...
