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Medieval people by Eileen Edna Power
Dating undated medieval charters by Michael Gervers
Credit and debt in medieval England, c.1180-c.1350 by P. R. Schofield
Medieval rural life in the Luttrell Psalter by Janet Backhouse
Gender and material culture : the archaeology of religious women by Roberta. Gilchrist
The book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy
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About meGrad student in medieval history
About my libraryThe photograph is of my grandmother (no, I'm not that old), who was probably primarily responsible for getting me reading.
I seem to buy far more books than I can read in any given year. Luckily, I don't seem to be alone in that here. On the other hand, it does expand the choices when I'm suddenly in the mood for {X}.
LibraryThing is at least partly responsible for my decision to go back to school in history, since it was when I started cataloging my books that I realized how much history I read. Thanks, Tim.
I have yet to enter books from certain categories (computer science, gardening, genealogy, etc) because they really mucked up recommendations prior to collections. Now that collections are finally here, I should rectify that.
My rating of books is very haphazard -- that is, I rarely do it. I find it easy to say 'good' or 'bad', but I find it a lot harder to know where the line is, say, between 4 stars and 5 stars. In essence, 3 stars is firmly in the middle; no stars means purely that I haven't bothered to rate it.
***** : Excellent ; a classic in the field
**** : Very good, recommended
*** : Average/Good
** : Below average; not recommended
* : Awful, dreadful, don't waste your money
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Currently readingMarriage disputes in medieval England by Frederik Pedersen
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The Poland book is on my wishlist. I have a couple of Eastern Europe books on my "to be read" shelf - Curta's Making of the Slavs is about 3rd on the list - and may pick that up if I get fired up while I'm reading those. That's the nice thing about doing this as a hobby. I can float from topic to topic as it suits me, though I do have to write an article on Western Europe in Late Antiquity for a Journal next spring so I suppose I'll have to keep up on that.
posted by cemanuel at 9:54 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2009
I feel like I'm turning into a McKitterick groupie. I have 5 or 6 of her books now. This one's over 25 years old so I'm not sure how much I'll get out of it. OTOH, it was only $25. Hard to resist the price and she writes very well.
posted by cemanuel at 4:43 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009
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