A History of Europe 911-1198

A History of Europe 911-1198

Author: Z.N. Brooke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0429508891

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Originally published in 1938, A History of Europe 911-1198 is a comprehensive and scholarly history of Europe from the revival of the Empire under the German kings to the great religious and political conflicts of the late twelfth century. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of medieval history.


A History of the Crusades

A History of the Crusades

Author: Kenneth M. Setton

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 908

ISBN-13: 9780299048440

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The six volumes of A History of the Crusades will stand as the definitive history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Moslem, and Christian perspectives, and containing a wealth of information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world.


A History of Europe, from 911 to 1198

A History of Europe, from 911 to 1198

Author: Z. N. Brooke

Publisher: READ BOOKS

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781443740708

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A History of Europe, from 911 to 1198 Originally published in 1938, by the Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge. An exhaustive study that explores the early history of Europe through the development of three main themes - The Empire (later Empire and Papacy), Christianity and Islam (or, alternatively, East and West), and France. Each of these is traced in four stages: up to the middle of the 11th Century, in the second half of that century, and in the two halves of the 12th century. Contents include: Introduction, Europe in Ninth Century, To the Middle of the Eleventh Century, The New Monarchy in Germany, The Empire of the Ottos, The Empire 1002-1046, France 911-1050, Revival of Christianity, Eastern Empire, Second Half of Eleventh Century, The Empire 1046-1075, Buliding up of Papal Monarchy, First Contest of Empire and Papacy 1076-1106, France, Christianity and Islam, Henry V and the Investiture Contest, Period of Peace between Empire and Papacy 1125-1156, France in the first Half of the Twelth Century, East and west 1100-1155, The Second Crusade, Spanish Peninsula, Northern and Eastern Neighbours of Germany, Ecclesiastical Life and learning, Life of the Laity, Second Contest of Empire and Papacy 1157-1177, France and England in the Second Half of the Twelth Century, East and West 1155-1198, The Third Crusade, Germany and Italy 1177-1197, Epilogue Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.


A History of the Middle Ages

A History of the Middle Ages

Author: Joseph Dahmus

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780760700365

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"During the Merovingian centuries when most kings were weak, and brutal men fought over power and booty, ordinary folk, as well as many who were not so ordinary, again found themselves in desperate need of protection. The result was the appearance and wide extension of a practice called commendation. ....[from back cover]


A Social and Economic History of Medieval Europe

A Social and Economic History of Medieval Europe

Author: Gerald A. Hodgett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1136583149

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This excellent and concise summary of the social and economic history of Europe in the Middle Ages examines the changing patterns and developments in agriculture, commerce, trade, industry and transport that took place during the millennium between the fall of the Roman Empire and the discovery of the New World. After outlining the trends in demography, prices, rent, and wages and in the patterns of settlement and cultivation, the author also summarizes the basic research done in the last twenty-five years in many aspects of the social and economic history of medieval Europe, citing French, German and Italian works as well as English. Significantly, this study surveys the present state of discussion on a number of on unresolved issues and controversies, and in some areas suggests common sense answers. Some of the problems of economic growth, or the lack of it, are looked at in the light of current theories in sociology and economic thought. This classic text, first published in 1972, makes a useful and interesting general introduction for students of medieval and economic history.


Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Author: John O. Ward

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-24

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9004368078

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Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Rhetors and Their Art 400-1300, with Manuscript Survey to 1500 CE is a completely updated version of John Ward’s much-used doctoral thesis of 1972, and is the definitive treatment of this fundamental aspect of medieval and rhetorical culture. It is commonly believed that medieval writers were interested only in Christian truth, not in Graeco-Roman methods of ‘persuasion’ to whatever viewpoint the speaker / writer wanted. Dr Ward, however, investigates the content of well over one thousand medieval manuscripts and shows that medieval writers were fully conscious of and much dependent upon Graeco-Roman rhetorical methods of persuasion. The volume then demonstrates why and to what purpose this use of classical rhetoric took place.


Dante Encyclopedia

Dante Encyclopedia

Author: Richard Lansing

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-09-13

Total Pages: 2067

ISBN-13: 1136849718

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Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy. The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia: brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid prose provides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looking at title and form, moral structure, allegory and realism, manuscript tradition, and also taking account of the various editions of the work over the centuries contains numerous entries on Dante's other important writings and on the major subjects covered within them addresses connections between Dante and philosophy, theology, poetics, art, psychology, science, and music as well as critical perspective across the ages, from Dante's first critics to the present.