An example of microhistory at its best, this book offers a new perspective on the socal history of medieval and early modern Europe and on historiography more broadly.
The pardon letters that Arnade and Prevenier examine are in the Archives Departementales du Nord, Lille, and overturned convictions for crimes committed between 1386 and 1500. Illustrating the interse
From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criti
They were, in the words of one contemporary observer, "the Promised Lands." In all of Europe, only Northern Italy could rival the economic power and cultural wealth of the Low Countries in the later M
