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4thEdsmallCovers Concise Survey of Western Civilization 4th full Edition Concise Survey of Western Civilization 4th Edition, volume 1 Concise Survey of Western Civilization, 4th Edition, Volume 2

 

Brian A. Pavlac
NEW FORTH EDITION of A Concise Survey of Western Civilization: Supremacies and Diversities throughout History. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023. An improved, up-to-date, readable, and short overview of the peoples of the West and the ideas and practices they created, borrowed, or transformed.
Below are the covers of the out-of-print third, second, and first editions, and a Chinese edition.

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Brian A. Pavlac and Elizabeth S. Lott
The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, 2019. A collection of selected topics covering personal, political, cultural, and social aspects the Holy Roman Empire and Central European History from about 800 to 1800.

 

 

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Brian A. Pavlac, editor and author of introduction and contribution, "Of Kings, Their Castles and Battles."
Game of Thrones versus History: Written in Blood. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2017. Editor of a collection of essays by historians examining the historical context of George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television series Game of Thrones, and author of the contribution "Of Kings, Their Battles, and Castles."

Brian A. Pavlac
Witch Hunts in the Western World: Persecution and Punishment from the Inquisition through the Salem Trials. Lincoln, NB: Bison Books, 2010. The inexpensive paperback edition. A survey useful for beginners and general readers to understand what happened when governments in Europe and the Americas hunted alleged witches.

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Brian A. Pavlac
Witch Hunts in the Western World: Persecution and Punishment from the Inquisition through the Salem Trials. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2009. The original harcover edition. A survey useful for beginners and general readers to understand what happened when governments in Europe and the Americas hunted alleged witches.

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Brian A. Pavlac, editor and translator
A Warrior Bishop of the 12th Century: The Deeds of Albero of Trier, by Balderich. Translated, with an introduction and notes by Brian A. Pavlac. Medieval Sources in Translation 44. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2008.
The exciting adventures of a cleric who became a prince-bishop, offering insight into church and state issues of medieval Germany.

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