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Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the ...
Medieval events in modern words: When I sat down to read Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor, I fully expected to be treated to a pleasant evening's review of eight famous medieval lives ranging from the [... more]
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The Medieval Reader
Reading in the Middle Ages: When I first purchased this book through a mail order book club I was very dubious about ever reading it. It looked very uninteresting. But like the saying goes you can't judge a book by it's cover! And it's true this book has [... more]
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The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the ...
An embarrassing attempt at writing; a pathetic attempt at history: I bought this book knowing that it was an attempt at "popular history," and therefore I would never try to hold it to academic historical writing standards. However, even as an [... more]
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Inventing Norman Cantor: Confessions of a Medievalist
Humorous anecdotes, wry observations, insights into academia: Inventing Norman Cantor: Confessions Of A Medievalist by Norman F. Cantor (one of America's foremost medieval historians and a leading contributor to Medieval scholarship) combines personal [... more]
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The Sacred Chain: History of the Jews, The
This book is both really good and really bad.: SACRED CHAIN is a fun book to read for anyone interested in history, and especially the influence that religion and economics has had in it. The book is very well written and surprisingly lucid and easy to [... more]
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The American Century: Varieties of Culture in Modern Times
Amazon.com Review: Norman Cantor writes as if he were present for each event and movement, both large and small, since 1900, so clear is his analysis of society, culture, and politics. In this massive book Cantor tackles seemingly everything--whether [... more]
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Antiquity: From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to ...
A book of stories: It gives me no pleasure to state that no one should read this book. It is an engaging read, but that only makes it all the more dangerous. I have two problems with Dr. Cantor's offering. The first is the way he throws his political [... more]
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Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World
A book of stories: It gives me no pleasure to state that no one should read this book. It is an engaging read, but that only makes it all the more dangerous. I have two problems with Dr. Cantor's offering. The first is the way he throws his political [... more]
$24.95
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Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth ...
Read 'Alexander' and weep for the "leaders" of today's world: This book is a gem, in large because the analysis of the "greatness" of Alexander in the fifth and closing chapter is designed to generate thought, debate and ideas for [... more]
$21.95
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The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely ...
Read this book and take on the pseudo intellectuals who have been kicking sand in your face: This is a real page turner - as readable as any Michael Crichton novel (I was alerted to the existence of Cantor by the bibliography at the back of " [... more]
$18.99
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In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World ...
Amazon.com Review: One-third of Western Europe's population died between 1348 and 1350, victims of the Black Death. Noted medievalist Norman Cantor tells the story of the pandemic and its widespread effects in In the Wake of the Plague. After giving an [... more]
$25.00
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Inventing the Middle Ages
Eye Opening Histoiography: Cantor ablely lays out the various schools of thought in 20th century Middle Ages Studies. This book was close to a god send for me. I've been reading almost exclusively out of the Annales school, like a blind man, having no [... more]
$16.95
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