Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 962-1154 (General History of Europe Series) - Softcover

Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582493919 ISBN 13: 9780582493919

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1987

Synopsis

Established as the best general introduction to the period. Within a firm political narrative it considers the emergence of the distinctive character of medieval Europe. The second edition contains new perspectives on the history of the religious orders, on scholarship, popular religion, architecture and art, and new material on the impact of travel and communication, marriage and the family, and the study of cities.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

General Editor: DENYS HAY
Formerly Emeritus Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh

Europe in the Central Middle Ages, 962 - 1154
Third Edition
Christopher Brooke

This classic, wide-ranging introduction provides a firm framework of political narrative combined with lucid expositions of almost all aspects of the period:

*economy
*society
*government
*culture
*religious life and popular religion
*learning and schools
*reform and revival of the Papacy
*heyday of the medieval Empire
*rise of the Normans
*early Crusades
*new horizons in the French and English monarchies

The second edition explored some vital current interests - the history of marriage, the 'urban renaissance' in towns and cities of the age, and the increasing variety in modes of travel when Europe became amazingly cosmopolitan.

This third edition of the second millennium explores the first millennium and introduces new themes and expands existing coverage:

* the variety of human outlook, interest and experience
* the role of women - explored in depth
* increased coverage of central Europe, Bohemia, Hungary and Poland

The student is shown how to study history from sources. It is readable, alive and searching - revealing the depths as well as the range and variety of human experience.

Christopher Brooke is Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, and Life Fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

About the Author:

Christopher Brooke is is Dixie Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Cauius College, Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0582493919
• ISBN 13: 9780582493919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544