Histories of the Modern Nations
Professor Charles L. Killinger
Histories of the Modern Nations
Professor Charles L. Killinger
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This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power though her marriage to the short-lived King Clovis II.
Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe rethinks the rise of modern European states as a process of decentralization. The idea that states made lordships obsolete is challenged by showing how the distribution of authority among local lords reinforced the development of new political systems.
A centuries old pillar of West African oral tradition, this narrative recounts the deeds and achievements of revered ancestors of the Manding peoples, led by the hero Sunjata as he liberates his people from the rule of Sumaworo Kanté, sorcerer king of Sosso, and establishes the foundations of the great medieval empire of Mali.
