Screen LibraryEurope in the high Middle Ages /
The author presents this period of economic, social, political, cultural, religious and military change as a lost age that had risen up from the remains of the Roman Empire and ended with the great plagues and famines.
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| Published: |
Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2002. ©2001 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Penguin history of Europe
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| Summary: |
The author presents this period of economic, social, political, cultural, religious and military change as a lost age that had risen up from the remains of the Roman Empire and ended with the great plagues and famines. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2001. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780140166644 0140166645 |
| Index Number: | D116 |
| CLC: | K503 |
| Call Number: | K503/J825 |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Europe in the eleventh century. Christendom in the year 1000 -- Mediterranean Europe -- Northmen, Celts and Anglo-Saxons -- Francia/France -- Central Europe -- pt. 2. The Renaissance of the twelfth century. The investiture controversy -- The First Crusade -- The world of learning -- Cultural innovations of the twelfth century: vernacular literature and architecture -- Political power and its contexts I -- Political power and its contexts II -- pt. 3. The thirteenth century. Social structures -- The Pontificate of Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council -- Learning -- The kingdoms of the north -- Baltic and central Europe -- The gothic world -- Southern Europe -- pt. 4. Christendom in the early fourteenth century. Famine and plague -- Political and social violence -- The Church in crisis. |