The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages, Volume 2

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Cambridge University Press, 29 mai 1997 - 568 pages
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This 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

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This 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

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The 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

Introduction by ROBERT FOSSIER
1
11001250
10
r 950r 1100
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
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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).

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