DENYS HAY, Annalists and historians. Western historiography from the eighth to the eighteenth century, London, Methuen, 1977, 8vo, pp. viii, 215, £2.95 (paperback). For very nearly forty years the distinguished Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh has planned to write a history of European historiography. He now does so with a brilliant survey, ranging from the historian...

in the world history, from ancient times up to now, the plague has been followed by heavy casualties on human societies and social order. one of the deadliest plagues is the great plague of the middle ages, or so-called black death. this plague, in the eighth and ninth ah (fourteenth and fifteenth century ad) swept over some large areas of asia, especially the middle east, as well as europe, an...

Abstract The present paper analyses the precious metal artefacts, scarcely known in huge archaeological material of “late Avar period” (eighth to early ninth centuries AD). Unlike previous era majority gold and silver objects late period are stray finds; particular high-quality goldsmith's artefacts absent grave assemblages eighth century. significance reached its low ebb around middle period; ...

1 In his Introduction to The Age of Bede, D.H. Farmer writes that more than any other figure in Anglo-Saxon England, the life and writings of Bede, “bring to life...the rich and contrasting age” that was eighth century England.1 Perhaps it is for this reason that Bede held such prominence in England’s history and culture that continues to this day. A.H.Thompson, in introducing the historical Be...

DENYS HAY, Annalists and historians. Western historiography from the eighth to the eighteenth century, London, Methuen, 1977, 8vo, pp. viii, 215, £2.95 (paperback). For very nearly forty years the distinguished Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh has planned to write a history of European historiography. He now does so with a brilliant survey, ranging from the historian...