Format:
1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:
9781136405136
Content:
Complete with introductions, full commentary, glossary, and a guide to further reading, Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of documents, from chronicles, legal, state, and church documents, to biographies, poems, and letters from all over Europe, the authors expertly illustrate to the reader the unity - and complexity - of the medieval world. Amongst many more, central issues discussed include: the diverse world of monasteries the Papacy the Crusades women the roles of the town and countryside. Medieval Worlds presents the reader with a view of the medieval era as it was: one of immense diversity with openness to new ideas, and outreach in areas from technology to natural philosophy.
Content:
Intro -- Cover -- MEDIEVAL WORLDS: A SOURCE BOOK -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- DOCUMENTS -- WELLS CATHEDRAL: A MEDIEVAL WORLD (PLATES) -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- THE EDITORS -- GLOSSARY -- Abbreviations -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL WORLDS -- 2 THE MONASTIC WORLD -- 3 THE WORLD OF THE PAPACY -- 4 THE WORLD OF THE CRUSADES -- 5 THE WORLD OF THE FEUDAL KINGDOMS -- 6 THE ENGLISH POLITICAL WORLD -- 7 THE WORLD OF THE OUTSIDER -- 8 THE WORLD OF WOMEN -- 9 THE WORLD OF THE MIND -- 10 THE WORLD OF THE COUNTRYSIDE -- 11 THE WORLD OF THE TOWN -- 12 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD SELF-OBSERVED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415253086
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415253086
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1223082
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