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Norman and Middle English versions of the Arthurian Legends
After Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain," the two most important Arthurian Chronicles were Wace's "Roman de Brut" and Layamon's "Brut."This Everyman Paperback edition presents these two works as translated by Eugene Mason circa 1912.The name "Brut" reflects that of "Brutus," the eponymous founder of the British race and history.Robert Wace was a Norman-French writer, born in Jersey circa 1100 and educated at Caen.While Wace does follow Geoffrey in terms of order and substance, he did have access to additional sources as well and adds not only new scenes to the Arthur legend but made him even more courtly than Geoffrey had accomplished in transforming the folk-hero of Welsh legend into the epitome of the Christian monarch.Little is known about Layamon, except that he lived at the end of the 12th century and was connected with the church of Arley Regis in north Worcestershire.Layamon is the first important poet to write in Middle English and his "Brut," a direct imitation of Wace's "Roman de Brut," is the first story about Arthur written in English instead of Saxon.In addition to Arthur we find stories about Lear and Cymbeline along with other prominent English legends.Layamon downplays the French influences and transforms Arthur into an English hero, "English" in the sense of "Beowulf," which menas more of a Germanic hero who is brave and daring.In this account we find a more complete account of the founding of the Round Table and Layamon even works in elves that attend the infant Arthur and bestow upon him gifts.Consequently, these Arthurian Chronicles continue the evolution of the Arthurian legend from its Welsh legends and Geoffrey's history, adding episodes and transforming the central character.Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain" remains the primary original text for King Arthur and is the obvious first choice for any class covering the Arthurian legends.But these works are important for a more complete understanding of the Medeival Arthur.Mason's translation is somewhat stilted, but actually suits the texts somewhat, so it is not as disconcerting as translations down during that same period of Greek or Latin works. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arthurian romances    2. Continental European    3. History    4. History: World    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Medieval    7. Medieval Literature - History And Criticism    8. Romances    9. Study & Teaching    10. Translations into English    11. English    12. History / Medieval    13. Other prose: classical, early & medieval    14. Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval    15. World history: c 500 to C 1500   

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A wonderful book
This is a fanstastic book for people interested in Chicago and its rich history.The author has obviously adopted the city as her own and it shows--- she is an excellent writer and this book is well worth the investment. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. American - General    2. History - U.S.    3. Literary Criticism    4. Study & Teaching    5. United States - 19th Century   

Subjects:  1. (Alfred Thayer),    2. 1840-1914    3. Biography    4. Historians    5. Mahan, A. T    6. Mahan, A. T.    7. Navy    8. United States    9. United States.    10. American history    11. Biography: historical    12. History: theory & methods    13. Naval forces & warfare    14. USA   

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Medieval Times Activity Book is Useful for Teachers
I used two activities in this book for my grade 4 class unit on Medieval Times, making your own coat of arms and building a castle.This children loved these activities and the graphics in the book are great. ... Read more

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Can you truly ever come home?
I grew up in Bellevue.Moving to the area as a five year old in 1969, I lived here until 1993 when I left for a grand tour of the US courtesy of Corporate America, and returned home just last summer.
What the heck's an "edge city"?
I understand the term "edge city" has something to do with a certain pattern of urban and suburban development, and is not a reflection on Bellevue as a suburb -- although it isn't -- of Seattle. Still, though the term is used in the book's subtitle (but not, as Amazon.com has it, as "Leading-Edge City") and the foreword by Connie Marshall and Kemper Freeman, I didn't see it actually defined anywhere in the text.Read more

Subjects:  1. Bellevue (Wash.)    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. Pictorial works    6. Reference    7. Study & Teaching    8. United States - State & Local - General    9. United States - State & Local - West   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: World    3. Reference    4. Education    5. Secondary School Education   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Caribbean & Latin American    3. Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Cuban literature    6. Exiles' writings, Cuban    7. Film & Video - History & Criticism    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. History: World    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Padura, Leonardo    13. Reference    14. Study & Teaching    15. Cuba    16. Guillermo Cabrera Infante; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Jose Marti; Fernando Ortiz; Antonio Benitez Rojo; Abilio Estevez; Lino Novas Calvo; Alejo Carpentier; The Odyssey; Homer; William Shakespeare; Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Thomas De Quincey; Lewis Carroll; William Butler Yeats; James Joyce; Edgar Allan Poe; Herman Melville; Ernest Hemingway; Raymond Chandler; J. D. Salinger; Claude Levi-Strauss; Walter Benjamin; Friedrich Nietzsche; Plato; Jacques Derrida; socialism; Zarathustra; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Alfred Hitchcock; Rebecca; Spellbound; Vertigo; Topaz; Pedro Almodovar; Talk to Her; Robert Altman; The Long Goodbye; Rouben Mamoulian; Queen Christina; romantic irony; diaspora; exile; racial relations and sexuality in Cuba; suicide in Cuba; Cuban Revolution; film noir; crime fiction; myths and folktales; potcolonialism /    17. Literary Criticism & Collections / Central & South American    18. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    19. Spanish   

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Making history into a science
Although the authors don't say it in such anRead more

Subjects:  1. Forecasting    2. Historiography    3. History    4. History: World    5. Methodology    6. Social sciences and history    7. Sociology    8. Study & Teaching    9. History / Historiography    10. History: theory & methods    11. Political activism    12. World history   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Study and teaching   

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Europe - General    3. Study & Teaching    4. Study Guides   

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Helped Me Go From 610 to 720.
This book is great for filling in all the necessary gaps in knowledge anyone who plans on taking this has. My diagnostic score was 610, and I took the real thing and got a 720. Excellent guide! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. SAT & PSAT    2. Study & Teaching    3. Study Aids    4. Study Guides    5. Test Prep    6. United States - General    7. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Ideas about images as evidence
Burke discusses using images as historical resources and evidence, focusing on both the positive insights that might be garnered from imagery as well as the potential problems. One such historiographical danger is that the historian might view images from within their present context and not with the same significance or contextual milieu that the original historical actors might have attributed to them. This point, and others throughout the text, are elementary to many historians; others could use a friendly reminder of presentist tendencies. While there is nothing revolutionary to modern historians in Burke's text, it is a pleasant reminder of some of the pitfalls in constructing historical narrative based on visual evidence. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Analysis    2. Evaluation    3. Event    4. Historiography    5. History    6. History - General    7. History - General History    8. Journalism    9. Language    10. Language Arts & Disciplines    11. Methodology    12. Sources   

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Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. History    3. History: American    4. Organizations & Institutions    5. Study & Teaching   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. General    4. History    5. Inquiry-based learning    6. Study & Teaching    7. Study and teaching    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science    9. United States   

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up to 4 stars for the charts
This review book contains interesting tidbits that others don't have. It also features good overviews that hit the essentials and a large number of terrific comparative charts. This book makes connections among different civilizations, time periods, topics, and themes. In fact, it's possibly the best book for making connections and drawing conclusions.
Better than Barron's, Not as good as Princeton Review
The title of this review sums it up.Petersen's APWH study guide isjust "OK" for AP World History.It's a good source for ideas for multiple choice questions.I've used Petersen's, Barron's and Princeton Review with my students--hands down winner is PR's "Cracking the APWH Exam", In My Humble Opinion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Study & Teaching    3. Study Aids    4. Study Guides    5. Test Prep    6. World - General    7. Study & learning skills