Many more documents survive from the early Middle Ages than from the Roman Empire. Although ecclesiastical archives may account for the dramatic increase in the number of surviving documents, this new investigation reveals the scale and spread of documentary culture beyond the Church. The contributors explore the nature of the surviving documentation without preconceptions to show that we cannot infer changing documentary practices from patterns of survival. Throughout Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages from North Africa, Egypt, Italy, Francia and Spain to Anglo-Saxon England people at...
Many more documents survive from the early Middle Ages than from the Roman Empire. Although ecclesiastical archives may account for the dramatic incre...
Who, among us, has not known that sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, when, late on Christmas Eve, after the kids are asleep, he is confronted by the two most dreaded phrases found on any box: batteries not included and some assembly required. Or who has not ventured into the forest to "harvest" his own Christmas tree or shopped for the perfect gift or tried to cook the perfect Christmas dinner only to find insurmountable road blocks along the way. "Christmas Tales From Pie Town" is a humorous look at these and other challenges which abound at Christmas time each and every year. You'll...
Who, among us, has not known that sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, when, late on Christmas Eve, after the kids are asleep, he is confronted ...
