Essays to a Degree
Essays to a Degree

Author: David Fuller

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1326380087

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A compendium of academic essays written by a part-time, distance-learning student in pursuit of an Honours Degree in Theology at the University of Aberdeen, 2002-09

The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, C.1024-c.1198, Part 2
The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, C.1024-c.1198, Part 2

Author: Rosamond McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 988

ISBN-13: 9780521414111

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The fourth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the eleventh and twelfth centuries, which comprised perhaps the most dynamic period in the European middle ages. This is a history of Europe, but the continent is interpreted widely to include the Near East and North Africa. The volume is divided into two parts of which this, the second, deals with the course of events - ecclesiastical and secular - and major developments in an age marked by the transformation of the position of the papacy in a process fuelled by a radical reformation of the church, the decline of the western and eastern empires, the rise of western kingdoms and Italian elites, and the development of governmental structures, the beginnings of the recovery of Spain from the Moors and the establishment of western settlements in the eastern Mediterranean region in the wake of the crusades.

The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 6, C.1300-c.1415
The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 6, C.1300-c.1415

Author: Rosamond McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 1186

ISBN-13: 9780521362900

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The sixth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the fourteenth century, a period dominated by plague, other natural disasters and war which brought to an end three centuries of economic growth and cultural expansion in Christian Europe, but one which also saw important developments in government, religious and intellectual life, and new cultural and artistic patterns. Part I sets the scene by discussion of general themes in the theory and practice of government, religion, social and economic history, and culture. Part II deals with the individual histories of the states of western Europe; Part III with that of the Church at the time of the Avignon papacy and the Great Schism; and Part IV with eastern and northern Europe, Byzantium and the early Ottomans, giving particular attention to the social and economic relations with westerners and those of other civilisations in the Mediterranean.

The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 7, C.1415-c.1500
The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 7, C.1415-c.1500

Author: Rosamond McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 1108

ISBN-13: 9780521382960

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This volume covers the last century (interpreted broadly) of the traditional western Middle Ages. Often seen as a time of doubt, decline and division, the period is shown here as a period of considerable innovation and development, much of which resulted from a conscious attempt by contemporaries to meet the growing demands of society and to find practical solutions to the social, religious and political problems which beset it. The volume consists of four sections. Part I focuses on both the ideas and other considerations which guided men as they sought good government, and on the practical development of representation. Part II deals with aspects of social and economic development at a time of change and expansion. Part III discusses the importance of the life of the spirit: religion, education and the arts. Moving from the general to the particular, Part IV concerns itself with the history of the countries of Europe, emphasis being placed on the growth of the nation states of the 'early modern' world.