Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475 - Hardcover

Tierney, Brian; Painter, Sidney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070646139 ISBN 13: 9780070646131

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1992

Synopsis

This chronological presentation of Western Europe in the Middle Ages provides the political, religious, intellectual, and economic history of the time. The revision of this classic, definitive text includes the latest historiography and more coverage of medieval society and women. Famous for its compelling narrative, the blend of chronology and historical interpretation, anecdotal info which brings the medieval world to life, and the accompanying readers (SOURCES and READINGS).

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From the Publisher:

Chapter 37 on Byzantium and Chapter 38 on Islam.
Material on feudal society rewritten (in Chapters 24-26).
Material on Carolingian renaissance rewritten (Ch.21).
New material on medieval women (in Chs. 7, 8, 18, 22, 26, 56).
New material on medieval science (in Ch. 65).
Vivid, interesting narrative with sophisticated analysis of key topics.
Presents the medieval period as an age of dynamic developing culture that contributed decisively to the making of the modern world.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0070646139
• ISBN 13: 9780070646131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 655