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 The Cambridge Medieval History

Planned by

J. B. BURY, M.A.

Regius Professor of Modem History in the University of Cambridge

Edited by

H. M. GWATKIN, M.A.

Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge Late Gifford Lecturer, Edinburgh

AND

J. P. WHITNEY, B.D.

Professor of Ecclesiastical History, King*s College, London

In Eight Volumes 8vo Buckram Gilt Top Maps Price > $5.00 net per Volume Express age extra

The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, on the com- pletion of The Cambridge Modern History, undertook to publish a comprehensive history of medieval times, drawn up on similar lines. The work covers the period from Constantine to the close of the Middle Ages, and is to appear in eight volumes.

The principles which have guided the conception of this work are those laid down by the late Lord Acton for The Cambridge Modern History, though experience has suggested some improve- ments of detail in the mode of carrying these principles out. The scheme for the work was laid down by Mr. J. B. Bury, Lord Acton's successor as Regius Professor of Modern History. The editorship was entrusted to the Rev. H. M. Gwatkin, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge, and the Rev. J. P. Whitney, of King’s College, Cambridge, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in King’s College, London.

The need of some such work is evident, for there is nothing re- sembling it in the English language. Gibbon deals mainly with the Empire, and with the Teuton, the Slav, the Magyar, the Turk, and even the Saracen, chiefly in their connection with the Empire. Even the great French work of Lavisse and Rambaud deals with the Middle Ages on a much smaller scale than is here contemplated. The present work covers the entire field of European medieval history and in every chapter sums up recent research upon the sub- ject. Foreign specialists as well as English have given their assist- ance ; America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, and Hungary are represented in the list of contributors.