Bøker av Steven A. Epstein

"A thoughtful and wide-ranging contribution to the social and economic history of the High Medieval urban milieu." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History; "Interesting and comprehensive.... A major accomplishment." - Journal of Economic History

In Epstein's sure hands, Jacopo emerges as one of the most active and talented minds of his day. Indeed, Epstein argues that one needs to read all of Jacopo's books, in a Genoese context, in order to understand the original scope of his thinking, which greatly influenced the ways generations of people across Europe experienced their Christianity.

The language of slavery is the last but steep price any society must pay for having tolerated the institution and profited from it.... The hypocrisies, the racism, the sexism, the brutality bound up with the daily practice of slavery live on in...