The Horizon book of the Middle Ages. [The long dark.--The High Middle Ages.--Knights in battle.--The noble's life.--An age of faith.--Towns and trade.--The life of labor.--The life of thought.--The artist's legacy.--End of an era.]

Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973. ; by the editors of Horizon magazine ; editor in charge: Norman Kotker ; Emma Landau, Tomas Froncek, Kaari I. Ward, Mary Leverty, Maureen Dwyer, Linda C0oper, Julia Bozzelli, Gertrudis Feliu, James Patton, Joseph J. THorndike, Richard M. Ketchum, Irwin Glusker, Paul Gottlieb, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.; photos, Boudot-Mamotte, Jacques Boulas, Dieuzaide, Leonard von Matt, Ann Munchow, Jean Roubier, Helga Schmidt-Glassner, Cal Sacks; Jacques Guignard, Marcel THomas, Le Monnier, Martin Wittek, John McKenzie, Harald Busch, JAne Horton de Cabanyes, Norman Cantor, Claire de Forbin, J H van der Meer, Michael Waring, Kofler-Truniger, Roert Cross, Margaret Nolan, A. De Schryber, M. Broendsted, Harald Seoler, Hans Pauer

Edité par New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; Boston : Book trade distribution by Houghton Mifflin, 1968, 1968

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416 p. : illustrated (many in color) ; 32 cm. ; LC: CB351; Q914.031 H; Dewey: 914/.03/1 ; LCCN: 68-27730 ; OCLC: 272326 ; decorative brown cloth, in color pictorial dustjacket ; name on front endpaper ; wear to dustjacket ; price-clipped ; all illustrations fully referenced to their original sources ; Contents : The long dark.--The High Middle Ages.--Knights in battle.--The noble's life.--An age of faith.--Towns and trade.--The life of labor.--The life of thought.--The artist's legacy.--End of an era. ; Bishop was a Cornell University graduate who remained as Kappa Alpha Professor of Romance Literature. He was the author of several biographies, wrote a popular survey of French literature, and was known for his limericks and didactic verse, one of which, "How to Treat Elves", has the final quatrain: "It gives me sharp and shooting pains / To listen to such drool / I lifted up my foot and squashed / The God damn little fool." Here, Bishop brings a lucid and knowledgeable commentary on the Middle Ages ; large, heavy volume ; VG/G.

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• Titre: The Horizon book of the Middle Ages. [The long dark.--The High Middle Ages.--Knights in battle.--The noble's life.--An age of faith.--Towns and trade.--The life of labor.--The life of thought.--The artist's legacy.--End of an era.]
• Éditeur: New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; Boston : Book trade distribution by Houghton Mifflin, 1968
• Date de parution: 1968
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Type de livre: Book