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Author: Robert L. Benson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 1434
ISBN-13: 9780802068507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-seven authors approach the diverse areas of the cultural, religious, and social life of the twelfth century. These essays form a basic resource for all interested in this pivotal century. A reprint of the first edition first published in 1982.
Author: R.N. Swanson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1999-09-11
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780719042560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume surveys the wide range of cultural and intellectual changes in western Europe in the period 1050-1250. The Twelfth-Century Renaissance first establishes the broader context for the changes and introduces the debate on the validity of the term "Renaissance" as a label for the period. Summarizing current scholarship, without imposing a particular interpretation of the issues, the book provides an accessible introduction to a vibrant and vital period in Europe’s cultural and intellectual history.
Author: Alex J. Novikoff
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2016-12-14
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 1442605464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes.
Author: Dr Anna Brechta Sapir Abulafia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1134990251
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe twelfth century was a period of rapid change in Europe. The intellectual landscape was being transformed by new access to classical works through non-Christian sources. The Christian church was consequently trying to strengthen its control over the priesthood and laity and within the church a dramatic spiritual renewal was taking place. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance reveals the consequences for the only remaining non-Christian minority in the heartland of Europe: the Jews. Anna Abulafia probes the anti-Jewish polemics of scholars who used the new ideas to redefine the position of the Jews within Christian society. They argued that the Jews had a different capacity for reason since they had not reached the 'right' conclusion - Christianity. They formulated a universal construct of humanity which coincided with universal Christendom, from which the Jews were excluded. Dr Abulafia shows how the Jews' exclusion from this view of society contributed to their growing marginalization from the twelfth century onwards. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance is important reading for all students and teachers of medieval history and theology, and for all those with an interest in Jewish history.
Author: Eugene Berger
Publisher:
Published: 2014
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
Author: Charles Homer Haskins
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780674760752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe European Middle Ages form a complex and varied as well as a very considerable period of human history. Within their thousand years of time they include a large variety of peoples, institutions, and types of culture, illustrating many processes of historical development and containing the origins of many phases of modern civilization. - p. [3].
Author: Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780500330173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Giles Constable
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-05-28
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780521638715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the changes in religious thought and institutions c. 1180-c. 1280.
Author: Erik Kwakkel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-07-26
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 110862765X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided into three sections: the technical aspects of making books; the processes and practices of reading and keeping books; and the transmission of texts in the disciplines that saw significant change in the period, including medicine, law, philosophy, liturgy, and theology. Richly illustrated, the volume provides the first in-depth account of book production as a European phenomenon.
Author: John Cotts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-11-09
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1137296089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 1095 and 1229, Western Europe confronted a series of alternative cultural possibilities that would fundamentally transform its social structures, its intellectual life, and its very identity. It was a period of difficult decisions and anxiety rather than a triumphant 'renaissance'. In this fresh reassessment of the twelfth century, John D. Cotts: - Shows how new social, economic and religious options challenged Europeans to re-imagine their place in the world - Provides an overview of political life and detailed examples of the original thought and religious enthusiasm of the time - Presents the Crusades as the century's defining movement. Ideal for students and scholars alike, this is an essential overview of a pivotal era in medieval history that arguably paved the way for a united Europe.
