A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume II: Medieval
By Timothy Venning
Routledge
ISBN: 978-1-032-36198-7
This guide lists all the various rulers of the medieval world, covering Europe, Asia, Africa and even Mexico and Central America. Includes emperors, kings, even dukes and counts in over 500 pages.
Excerpt:
The lists of rulers for each state involve names, dates of accession and death/deposition, length of reigns, and where known dates of birth for and relationships between sovereigns. Separate lists of consorts are added where available, or else are included in the entries for their husbands. For dynasties, where feasible there are ‘league tables’ of the longest-serving rulers. There is also text explaining important points in the history of the state, plus information on any controversies or notable unknown facts.
Who is this book for?
This book should serve as the standard guide for historians who need to track the reigns of medieval rulers. Need to know the Counts of Champagne or the Kings of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka? This compendium will have it covered and is easier to use than Wikipedia. The bibliographies for each section will be useful too. Readers should note there seems to be a lot of typos in this book.
The author:
Timothy Venning is a freelance historian who has penned numerous books. In recent years he has been working on texts that offer reference information, such as chronologies. This book is the second volume of his A Compendium of World Sovereigns series, with the others dealing with Ancient and Early Modern eras.
You can learn more about this book from the publisher’s website
You can buy this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk
A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume II: Medieval
By Timothy Venning
Routledge
ISBN: 978-1-032-36198-7
This guide lists all the various rulers of the medieval world, covering Europe, Asia, Africa and even Mexico and Central America. Includes emperors, kings, even dukes and counts in over 500 pages.
Excerpt:
The lists of rulers for each state involve names, dates of accession and death/deposition, length of reigns, and where known dates of birth for and relationships between sovereigns. Separate lists of consorts are added where available, or else are included in the entries for their husbands. For dynasties, where feasible there are ‘league tables’ of the longest-serving rulers. There is also text explaining important points in the history of the state, plus information on any controversies or notable unknown facts.
Who is this book for?
This book should serve as the standard guide for historians who need to track the reigns of medieval rulers. Need to know the Counts of Champagne or the Kings of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka? This compendium will have it covered and is easier to use than Wikipedia. The bibliographies for each section will be useful too. Readers should note there seems to be a lot of typos in this book.
The author:
Timothy Venning is a freelance historian who has penned numerous books. In recent years he has been working on texts that offer reference information, such as chronologies. This book is the second volume of his A Compendium of World Sovereigns series, with the others dealing with Ancient and Early Modern eras.
You can learn more about this book from the publisher’s website
You can buy this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk
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