Medieval slavery has received little attention relative to slavery in ancient Greece and Rome and in the early modern Atlantic world. This imbalance in the scholarship has led many to assume that slavery was of minor importance in the Middle Ages. In fact, the practice of slavery continued unabated across the globe throughout the medieval millennium. This volume - the final volume in The Cambridge World History of Slavery - covers the period between the fall of Rome and the rise of the transatlantic plantation complexes by assembling twenty-three original essays, written by scholars acknowledged as leaders in their respective fields. The volume demonstrates the continual and central presence of slavery in societies worldwide between 500 CE and 1420 CE. The essays analyze key concepts in the history of slavery, including gender, trade, empire, state formation and diplomacy, labor, childhood, social status and mobility, cultural attitudes, spectrums of dependency and coercion, and life histories of enslaved people.

All eight films from the sex-obsessed US teen comedy franchise. In 'American Pie' (1999), prom night at East Green Falls High is only three weeks away and hormonal teens Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) all vow to lose their virginity before the big night... In 'American Pie 2' (2001), the gang get together a year later, older but not necessarily any wiser. With their end-of-semester vacation ahead Jim, Oz, Kevin, Vicky (Tara Reid) and new girl Heather (Mena Suvari) gather to spend summer in a beachhouse by the sea... In 'American Pie: The Wedding' (2003), the gang have left college and are reunited when Jim proposes to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) and enlists his friends to help him organise the wedding. In 'Band Camp' (2005), Matt Stifler (Tad Hilgenbrinck) is facing expulsion from high school when he hears about his brother's wife's experiences at Band Camp when she was younger. Convincing the school to send him to the camp for the summer, Matt plans on setting up hidden cameras and making his own real-life porno video... In 'The Naked Mile' (2006), Eric Stifler (John White) is feeling the pressure of having an infamous older cousin. He's also feeling fit to pop his cork at not having done the deed yet when his chums all claim they're already well into their sexual careers... In 'Beta House' (2007), the students of a frat house at a University in Michigan are pitted against a rival house and their power-hungry leader. The ensuing contest becomes so intense that only the re-introduction of 'The Games' can determine which house will stand victorious. In 'Book of Love' (2009), after discovering a guide to seduction skills written by former pupils in the library of their school, Great Falls High students Rob (Bug Hall), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty) decide to follow the advice to the letter. Unfortunately, a few of the pages have disappeared over the years... Finally, in 'American Reunion' (2012), the characters descend on their hometown East Great Falls, Michigan, for their ten-year high school reunion. Over the course of a wild weekend, sparks fly as Jim, Stifler (Sean William Scott), Oz and Finch reconvene and reconnect.

Having boarded an aeroplane ready to embark on a school trip to France, Alex (Devon Sawa) suddenly has a premonition that it will explode. He tries to convince his friends to disembark, causing so much trouble that he and six others are eventually ejected before take-off. Shortly afterwards, standing in the departure lounge, they see the plane destroyed in a mid-air explosion. Later, after three of the ejectees have died in strange circumstances, Alex becomes convinced that death feels cheated, and is now trying to collect back the debt. Can Alex convince his other friends of this before they too meet their untimely ends?

The outrageous characters loved by audiences the world over reunite one more time for a very special occasion: Jim and Michelle are getting married ... Stifler is planning a bachelor party, and of course, Jim's Dad is always on hand with his fantastic fatherly advice....

The American Pie posses return with their unmistakable blend of excruciating embarrassment and hysterical humour. So if you want to learn what NOT to do on a night out in a gay bar, to hear why sex with granny is NEVER a good thing, and why pubic hair and wedding cake is a BAD combination - you're in the right place...