LibGuides: HIST 8B, Survey of World Civilizations II: From the 1300s to the Present: New Library Books

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The Later Middle Ages by Isabella Lazzarini (Editor)
Call Number: 940.19 L432

ISBN: 9780198731634

Publication Date: 2021-06-29

Including maps, illustrations, a detailed chronology and a rich range of reading suggestions, The Later Middle Ages aims at providing a first introduction to a very complex, dynamic, and fascinating period for Europe and beyond.
Peerless among Princes: The Life and Times of Sultan Suleyman by Kaya Şahin
Call Number: 92 S949

ISBN: 9780197531631

Publication Date: 2023-02-27

A full life and times biography of Süleyman, the longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire.Süleyman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire between 1520 and 1566, was a globally recognized figure during his lifetime.
Rot: An Imperial HIstory of the Irish Famine by Padraic X. Scanlan
Call Number: BCC New Books Shelf

ISBN: 9781541601543

Publication Date: 2025-03-11

A new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland's most infamous disaster
Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth 1 and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
Call Number: BCC New Books Shelf

ISBN: 9780306830518

Publication Date: 2022-12-06

A beautifully thorough examination into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as well as the course of history.
Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 by Elisabeth van Houts
Call Number: BCC New Books Shelf

ISBN: 9780192856371

Publication Date: 2022-06-16

Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300 contains an analysis of the experience of married life by men and women in Christian medieval Europe, c. 900-1300.
Forging the Modern World by James Carter; Richard Warren
Call Number: BCC New Books Shelf

ISBN: 9780197580233

Publication Date: 2021-06-17

An accessible explanation of key transformations in global economic, political, and ideological relationships since the fourteenth century.