Product Description: Designed to accompany Cultures of the West, Second Edition, by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2015), the two-volume Sources for Cultures of the West, Second Edition, features approximately six written sources per chapter that highlight key themes in the study of Western civilization...read more

Product Description: Cultures of the West: A History, Second Edition, focuses on the ways in which the major ideas and passions of Western culture developed, internally, and how they interacted with the broader world--for good and for ill. The development of such key ideas as religion, science, and philosophy form the central narrative of this book...read more

Product Description: Cultures of the West: A History, Second Edition, focuses on the ways in which the major ideas and passions of Western culture developed, internally, and how they interacted with the broader world--for good and for ill. The development of such key ideas as religion, science, and philosophy form the central narrative of this book...read more

Product Description: Expertly edited by Clifford R. Backman, A Medieval Omnibus: Sources in Medieval European History features more than 100 sources that give voice to key themes in the study of the Middle Ages. The Medieval Omnibus can be packaged with Clifford Backman's The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Third Edition, at no charge...read more

The Worlds of Medieval Europe updates and revises traditional textbook representations of the Middle Ages by balancing the conventional focus on political affairs, especially those of northern Europe, with equally detailed attention to medieval society as it developed in the Mediterranean. The result is a nuanced portrayal of a multifarious western world that was sharply divided between its northern and southern aspects. By also integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine world into the main narrative, the text brings new life to the continuum of interaction--social, cultural, and intellectual, as well as commercial--that existed among all three societies. In addition, it describes ways in which the medieval Latin West attempted to understand the unified and rational structure of the human cosmos, which they believed existed beneath the observable diversity and disorder of the world. This effort to re-create a human ordering of "unity through diversity" provides an essential key to understanding medieval Europe and the ways in which it regarded and reacted to the worlds around it. The Worlds of Medieval Europe is an ideal text for undergraduate courses in medieval history, Western civilization, the history of Christianity, and Muslim-Christian relations. It also serves as an excellent supplement for courses on the history of a specific country in the medieval period, the history of medieval art, or the history of the European economy.

Product Description: Designed to accompany The Cultures of the West by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2012), Mapping The Cultures of the West takes advantage of the strengths of maps to reveal deep patterns in Western civilization.Features:* 89 maps * Diverse set of maps examines both global and regional patterns of history* Each map section is accompanied by a headnote that provides historical context* Outline maps encourage students to see the connections between history and geographyMapping The Cultures of the West is FREE when bundled with The Cultures of the West...read more

Product Description: Designed to accompany The Cultures of the West by Clifford R. Backman (OUP, 2012), Mapping The Cultures of the West takes advantage of the strengths of maps to reveal deep patterns in Western civilization.Features:* 99 maps * Diverse set of maps examines both global and regional patterns of history* Each map section is accompanied by a headnote that provides historical context* Outline maps encourage students to see the connections between history and geographyMapping The Cultures of the West is FREE when bundled with The Cultures of the West...read more

Product Description: Cultures of the West: A History, Second Edition, focuses on the ways in which the major ideas and passions of Western culture developed, internally, and how they interacted with the broader world--for good and for ill. The development of such key ideas as religion, science, and philosophy form the central narrative of this book...read more

Product Description: This is the first detailed study of Sicilian life in the reign of Frederick III (1296-1337), a period that marked Sicily's transition from a bustling and prosperous Mediterranean emporium to a poor backwater torn apart by violence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)