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A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
by Jordan, William Chester
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0691139016
- ISBN 13
- 9780691139012
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Princeton University Press, 2009-04-04. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 2009 Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey), 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches tall black cloth hardc over in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, index, xviii, 245 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP09~ [2.0P] Takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically compare Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis - two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century - and to do so through the lives and competing careers of the two men who ruled them, Richard de Ware of Westminster and Mathieu de Vendôme of Saint-Denis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP09-0432-13512
- Title
- A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century
- Author
- Jordan, William Chester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691139016
- ISBN 13
- 9780691139012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, Nj
- Date Published
- 2009-04-04
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 18 oz
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- Gilt
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