Author: | ISBN: | 9781351592284 | |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
Author: | |
ISBN: | 9781351592284 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Language: | English |
Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors to The Medieval World seek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period.
This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the 'ésprit laïque' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts:
Identities, Selves and Others
Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order
Power and Power Structures
Elites, Organisations and Groups
The Medieval World presents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject.
Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors to The Medieval World seek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period.
This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the 'ésprit laïque' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts:
Identities, Selves and Others
Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order
Power and Power Structures
Elites, Organisations and Groups
The Medieval World presents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject.