The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages, Volume 2This is the long-anticipated second volume of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of recent times, first published in French by Armand Colin. Lavishly illustrated, with many accompanying maps and charts, each volume presents a synthesis of current scholarly research and interpretation, carefully checked, translated, and revised for an English-speaking readership. Volume 2 begins at the turn of the millennium and covers the extraordinary rebirth of Europe, in terms of demographic expansion, agrarian settlement and organization, the establishment of towns and villages, the ascendancy of the feudal system, the appearance of formal states and kingdoms, and the dramatic controlling ascendancy of the Western Church. In the East, despite the external appearance of grandeur, the Islamic countries were being torn apart by mutual rivalry, while the Byzantine empire lost massive border territories through political and economic incompetence. As in Volumes 1 (350-950) and 3 (1250-1520), full coverage is given to both East and West, and their artistic heritage is vividly displayed in many of the color plates. A comprehensive bibliography is also included as an aid to further investigation, whether by general readers or by students of the period. |
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The Cambridge illustrated history of the Middle Ages
Avis d'utilisateur - Not Available - Book VerdictThis well-illustrated companion to The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History III, 1250-1520 (LJ 9/1/86) should appeal to the sophisticated reader with a strong background in early medieval history. The ... Consulter l'avis complet
The Cambridge illustrated history of the Middle Ages
Avis d'utilisateur - Not Available - Book VerdictThe sophisticated reader with a strong background in late medieval European history will enjoy this knowledgeable, cleverly written, and lavishly illustrated survey. The several authors skillfully ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
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| 10 | |
| 17 | |
9501100 | 80 |
The establishment of states | 120 |
8 751200 | 146 |
Byzantium 9501070 | 203 |
The beginning of European expansion | 243 |
The leap forward | 279 |
The structuring of society | 330 |
11001250 | 447 |
10801261 | 489 |
Select bibliography | 525 |
Index | 537 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: 1250-1520 Robert Fossier Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: 350-950 Robert Fossier Aucun aperçu disponible - 1997 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abbasid Abbey activity al-Andalus allod Almoravids areas aristocracy Asia Minor Baghdad Basil II became bishops Buyids Byzantine Byzantium caliph Carmathians Carolingian castle Catalonia cent centres Christian Church clergy communities Constantinople countryside Crusaders culture dinars dynasty East economic Egypt eleventh century emirs emperor empire England especially established estates Europe example fact Fatimids feudal fief France Frankish Fustat German gold Greek groups hand historians increased iqta Islam Italian Italy Kairouan king knights land Languedoc Latin lord Maghrib master medieval Mediterranean merchants Middle Ages military monastery monks Moreover movement Muslim ninth nobility nobles Normandy northern organisation peasants period Picardy political population princes production regions religious remained role Roman route rulers rural Samanid seigneurial Seljuks Sicily social society Spain structure Syria tenth century thirteenth century tion took towns trade traditional twelfth century Umayyad urban Venice village West western
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Page 183 - Jerusalem from the end of the eleventh century to the end of the twelfth: 'The Christian kingdom of Jerusalem continued for less than a century.
Page 335 - Meyer dates between the second half of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth;' that is, at a time when exempla were first being gathered into larger collections.
Page 80 - Glastonbury cartulary compiled some time between the end of the tenth century and the beginning of the twelfth, in which the second and 1 35th items are 'Carta Ynae de libertatibus concessis ecclesiae in Westsaxonia...
Page 379 - L2 were perhaps written about a generation earlier ; in the beginning of the thirteenth century, or at the end of the twelfth century.
Page 72 - At the end of the tenth century and in the eleventh century the castle-town of Gdansk was inhabited, according to the calculations of professor Jazdzewski, by between 1000 and 1250 people.
Page 324 - Christus vincit. Christus regnat. Christus imperat' ('Christ conquers, Christ reigns. Christ commands'): on the obverse, it bears the fleursde-lys.
Page i - Volume 2 begins at the turn of the millennium and covers the extraordinary rebirth of Europe, in terms of demographic expansion, agrarian settlement and...
Page 308 - trophy brigades " roamed the countryside confiscating transport and equipment, and grain and farm animals (it has been estimated that no more than a third of the animals ever reached Russia).

