An age of transition? [[electronic resource] ] : economy and society in England in the later Middle Ages / / Christopher Dyer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451652603321
• Autore: Dyer Christopher <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-75929-1; 0-19-151882-4; 1-4294-7012-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: The Ford lectures
• Disciplina: 942.03
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; England Economic conditions 1066-1485; England Economic conditions 16th century; England Social conditions 1066-1485; England Social conditions 16th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "The Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2001."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-279) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A New Middle Ages; 2. Community and Privacy; 3. Authority and Freedom; 4. Consumption and Investment; 5. Subsistence and Markets; 6. Work and Leisure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Christopher Dyer examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. Using new sources of evidence, he demonstrates that important structural changes after 1350 built on the commercial growth of the thirteenth century. He shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of credit and investment, came from the peasantry rather than the aristocracy. An Age of Transition?, a significant new work by a. top medievalist, reveals how England was set on course to become the 'first industrial nation'. - ;This significant new w

Hammurabi of Babylon / / by Dominique Charpin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154899703321
• Autore: Charpin Dominique
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2012
• ISBN: 9780755625727; 0755625722; 9781322578507; 1322578508; 9780857724861; 085772486X
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 935.02
• Soggetti: Law - Iraq - Babylon (Extinct city); Middle Eastern history; Babylon (Extinct city) Civilization; Babylon (Extinct city) History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Time Chart ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Preface ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Maps ""; ""Part One â€? The Conqueror ""; ""One From the Accession of Hammurabi to the Death of Samsi-Addu (1792â€?1775) ""; ""Two From the Death of Samsi-Addu to the Victory over Elam (1775â€?1764) ""; ""Three The Great Conquests (1764â€?1759) ""; ""Four The End of the Reign (1758â€?1750) ""; ""Part Two â€? Politics ""; ""Five The King and the Gods ""; ""Six The Government of the Kingdom ""; ""Seven War and Peace as Means of Conquest ""; ""Part Three â€? The Administrator """"Eight Hammurabi, the Legislator, and the Judge ""; ""Nine Hammurabi and his Subjects: Observations on Babylonian Society ""; ""Ten The Palace Economy ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "Hammurabi was the sixth king of ancient Babylon and also its greatest. Expanding the role and influence of the Babylonian city-state into an ; imperium that crushed its rivals and dominated the entire fertile plain of Mesopotamia, Hammurabi (who ruled c. 1792-1750 BCE) transformed a minor kingdom into the regional superpower of its age. But this energetic monarch, whose geopolitical and military strategies were unsurpassed in his time, was more than just a war-leader or empire-builder. Renowned for his visionary Code of Laws, Hammurabi's famous codex - written on a stele in Akkadian, and publicly displayed so that all citizens could read it - pioneered a new kind of lawmaking. The Code's 282 specific legal injunctions, alleged to have been divinely granted by the god Marduk, remain influential to this day, and offer the historian fascinating parallels with the biblical Ten Commandments. Dominique Charpin is one of the most distinguished modern scholars of ancient Babylon. In this fresh and engaging appraisal of one of antiquity's iconic figures, he shows that Hammurabi, while certainly one of the most able rulers in the whole of prehistory, was also responsible for pivotal developments in the history of civilization."--Bloomsbury Publishing.