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This wonderfully useful reader contains translations into English of 81 Carolingian documents of all kinds, making it a great resource for the undergraduate history classroom. The second edition omits only three of the documents of the first (Strabo's Little Garden, Eriugena's Homily, Einhard's Letters) and adds seven new ones, including Rimbert's Life of Anskar, Ratramnus on dog-headed creatures, the monk Bernard's journey to Jerusalem, the Polyptyque of the church of Marseilles, and Audradus Modicus's Book of Revelations. Each document is introduced with a short description by Dutton (humanities, Simon Fraser U., British Columbia, Canada). Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
