Language: English
Published by Praeger Publishers Inc, 1984
ISBN 10: 0030625424 ISBN 13: 9780030625428
Seller: Downtown Atlantis Books, EVANSTON, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1984. Very good. No dust jacket. Some stress to the spine and minor wear to cover.
Published by New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; Boston : Book trade distribution by Houghton Mifflin, 1968, 1968
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 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. Book.