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Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe

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ISBN-10: 0192854356

ISBN-13: 9780192854353

Edition: 2001

Authors: George Holmes

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This richly illustrated book is the most authoritative account of life in medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of the Renaissance. Full coverage is given to all aspects of life in a thousand-year period which saw the creation of western civilization: from the empires and kingdoms of Charlemagne, the Byzantines, and the Hundred Years War, to the ideas of the Crusades; the building of great cathedrals and the social catastrophe of the Black Death; the cultural worlds of chivalric knights, popular festivals, and new art forms. The chapters show the movement of hte centre of gravity in European life from the Mediterranean to the north; and the authors explore the…    
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Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.72" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English

List of Colour Plates List of Maps 1. The Transformation of the Roman Mediterranean, 400-900, Thomas Brown 2. The Northern World in the Dark Ages, 400-900, Edward James 3. The Society of Northern Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1200, David Whitton 4. Northern Europe Invades the Mediterranean, 900-1200, Rosemary Morris 5. The Mediterranean in the Age of the Renaissance, 1200-1500, Peter Denley 6. The Civilization of Courts and Cities in the North, 1200-1500, Malcolm Vale Editor's Postscript, George Holmes Further Reading Chronology Index