The evolution of the medieval world : society, government, and thought in Europe, 312-1500 / David Nicholas
1992, 1st edition. London ; New York : Longman. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #428386
ISBN: 0582092566
Physical description; xiv, 544 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Title on half t.p.: The evolution of the medieval world, 312-1500. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; PART ONE: The precursors of a civilisation. Introduction ; The Roman heritage of Medieval civilisation ; Forging a Christian synthesis ; Tribal Europe before the eighth century: the Germans and the Celts ; The eastern heritage. PART TWO: The birth of a civilisation: early Medieval Europe, c. 700-920. Introduction ; The Carolingian west: Europe inthe eighth and ninth centuries ; Changes on the land. PART THREE: The maturity of a civilisation: Europe in the central middle ages, c. 920-1270. Introduction ; Government and politics: emperors and popes ; Government and politics: England and France in the central middle ages ; Nobles and crusaders ; The social and economic changes of the central middle ages ; The intellectual awakening of Medieval Europe ; The spiritual life of the central middle ages. PART FOUR: The old age of a civilisation: The late middle ages, 1270-1500. Introduction ; Economic reorientation and social crisis in the late middle ages ; Government and politics in the late middle ages ; State, mind ad spirit in later medieval Europe. Subjects; Middle Ages. Civilization, Medieval.
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