The Medieval World (Routledge Worlds)


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This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together� one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu.
This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing.
Chapters are thematically linked in four sections:
- identities
- beliefs, social values and symbolic order
- power and power-structures
- elites, organizations and groups.
Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.
</p>The Medieval World (Routledge Worlds) Review
Expertly compiled and co-edited by Peter Linehan (Fellow and Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge, England) and Janet L. Nelson (Professor of Medieval History at King's College, London, England), The Medieval World gathers a wealth of informed and informative essays contributed from a wide and diverse variety of educated and articulate scholars concerning such topics as identity, "What the Crusades meant to Europe"; power and power structures; "The King's Counsellors' two Faces: a Portuguese perspective"; elites, organizations, and groups, and much, much more. A wide-ranging and erudite, 745-page compendium, The Medieval World is written and recommended for college-level Medieval Studies reading lists and World History reference shelves.Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "The Medieval World (Routledge Worlds)" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from The Medieval World (Routledge Worlds) ...

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