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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier (Universite de Paris I)

This volume forms the first part of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of recent times. Lavishly illustrated, with numerous accompanying maps and charts, each of the three volumes presents a synthesis of scholarly research and interpretation, translated from the original French and revised thoroughly for an English speaking readership. Volume I spans the beginning of the Middle Ages, a period marked not only by change, plague and civil strife but also by the rise of the Church, the growing importance of Byzantium and the flowering of the Carologian Renaissance. Full coverage is given to East and West, and their artistic heritage is displayed in many of the colour plates. A bibliography is appended as an aid to further investigation, whether by the general reader or by teachers and students of the period. The two further volumes, on 950-1250 and on 1250-1520, are also available. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages is also sold as a three-volume boxed set.

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"An up-to-date and extensive discussion of three major civilizations that emerged from the dissolution of the classical world: the Byzantine Empire, the vast complex of Islam, and European Christian civilization." Choice

Part I. Break-up of the Old Worlds 395-700: 1. Autopsy of the West: the early fifth century Michel Rouche; 2. Break-up and metamorphosis of the West: fifth to seventh centuries Michel Rouche; 3. Prologue to a history of the East: early fifth century Evelyne Patlagean; 4. The empire in its glory: mid-fifth to mid-seventh centuries Evelyne Patlagean; Part II. The Building of New Worlds in the East: Seventh to Tenth centuries: 5. From the Hegiran model to the Arab kingdom: seventh to mid-eighth centuries Henri Bresc, and Pierre Guichard; 6. The world of the Abbasids, 'apogee' of Islam Henri Bresc, and Pierre Guichard; 7. A new Byzantium in the making? Mid-seventh to mid-ninth centuries Evelyne Patlagean; 8. The renaissance in the East: mid-ninth to mid-tenth centuries Evelyne Patlagean; Part III. The First Stirrings of Europe: seventh to mid-tenth centuries: 9. Barbarian kingdoms, Christian empire or independent principalities Michel Rouche; 10. The Carologian 'renewal' Michel Rouche; 11. Europe accumulates its first gains: sixth to ninth centuries Michel Rouche.

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9780521266444

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0521266440

Title

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier (Universite de Paris I)

Author

Robert Fossier (Universite de Paris I)

Series

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages 3 Volume Hardback Set

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Used - Very Good

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Hardback

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year published

1989-02-23

Number of pages

580

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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages Robert Fossier (Universite de Paris I)

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages by Robert Fossier (Universite de Paris I)

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