The Medieval World - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415181518 ISBN 13 : 9780415181518

Editeur : Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu.

This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing.

Chapters are thematically linked in four sections:

• identities
• beliefs, social values and symbolic order
• power and power-structures
• elites, organizations and groups.

Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu.

This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing.

Chapters are thematically linked in four sections:

• identities
• beliefs, social values and symbolic order
• power and power-structures
• elites, organizations and groups.

Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415181518
• ISBN 13: 9780415181518
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 768
• Éditeur: Linehan Peter, Nelson Janet L.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible