The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe - Softcover

Holmes, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192852205 ISBN 13: 9780192852205

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1990

Synopsis

This illustrated book tells the story of Europe and the Mediterranean over the thousand years which saw the creation of Western Civilization. Written by scholars and based on the latest research, it offers an account of life in medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the dawn of the Renaissance. The story covers a time of turmoil and change, from the empires of Charlemagne and the Byzantines to the newly formed nation states which fought the Hundred Years War. Great monasteries and cathedrals, the ambitions of the Crusades, chivalric knights, the realism of the new arts, economic and social growth, the catastrophe of plague, the growth of towns and cities, the development of commerce and banking: this remarkable period embraced them all. The six chapters of the book are divided between the Mediterranean world and northern Europe, illustrating how the centre of political and cultural life moved gradually northwards as the centuries progressed.

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Review:

The individual chapters are scholarly and up to the minute, without loss of accessibility or pace. The illustrations are many, apposite and refreshingly unhackneyed. (Times Literary Supplement)

About the Author:

About the Editor: George Holmes is a Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. His previous books include Dante and Florence, Rome, and the Origins of the Renaissance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0192852205
• ISBN 13: 9780192852205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 414