The Twelfth-century Renaissance (Twelfth Century to the Renaissance) - Softcover

Swanson, R.N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719042569 ISBN 13: 9780719042560

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This volume surveys the wide range of cultural and intellectual changes in western Europe in the period c.1050-c.1250 An up-to-date survey of previous historical work in this field, the book provides a useful starting point for those new to this period. . . . -- .

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Synopsis:

This volume surveys the wide range of cultural and intellectual changes in western Europe in the period c.1050-c.1250. It first establishes the broader context for the changes and introduces the debate on the validity of the "renaissance" label for the period. Later chapters range widely over the major themes in educational structures; attitudes towards the classics and the past; changes in law and political thought and the rise of government; the creation of academic disciplines of philosophy and theology; the artistic changes of the period and the question of how the changes affected women. Summarizing current scholarship, the book provides an accessible introduction to a vibrant and vital period in Europe's cultural and intellectual history.

About the Author:

R. N. Swanson is Reader in Medieval Church History at the University of Birmingham -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0719042569
• ISBN 13: 9780719042560
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252