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The Ordeal (The Middle Ages Series)
Henry Charles Lea
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Description for The Ordeal (The Middle Ages Series)
Paperback. Translator(s): Howland, Arthur E. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Henry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal becomes a study in cultural history. Reprinted here from the fourth revised edition of 1892, the book begins by tracing the role of the ordeal in non-Western and ancient societies, showing the mental world to which it belongs: a limited trust in the public order and purely human methods of inquiry, and a larger faith in divine intervention and immanent justice. The work ... Read more
Henry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal becomes a study in cultural history. Reprinted here from the fourth revised edition of 1892, the book begins by tracing the role of the ordeal in non-Western and ancient societies, showing the mental world to which it belongs: a limited trust in the public order and purely human methods of inquiry, and a larger faith in divine intervention and immanent justice. The work ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812210613
SKU
V9780812210613
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99-15
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The history of jurisprudence is the history of civilization. -Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909)