The Body Broken: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1300-1525

ISBN-13: 9781138842281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 348 str.

Charles F. Briggs

Opis

The Body Broken is a thematic survey of Europe in the late Middle Ages. Equipped with maps, tables, illustrations, a chronology and an annotated bibliography, it is an essential and complete student’s guide to Europe during this period of crisis and change.

Spis treści

PART I Social and economic change; 1 The demography of disaster; 2 Individuals, families and communities; 3 Trade, technology and exploration; PART II Political developments; 4 The theory and ideology of government; 5 The lineaments and limits of state power; 6 War, chivalry and crusading; PART III Religion and devotion; 7 The Bride of Christ: the institutional Church; 8 Devotion: Catholic and dissenting beliefs and practices; PART IV Cultural change; 9 Schools, schooling and intellectual developments; 10 Language, literacy and the arts; Conclusion: A new Europe?; Chronology; Suggested further reading; Bibliography; Index of persons; Index of places; Subject index

O autorze

Charles F. Briggs is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Vermont. He has published numerous books and articles on the history of late medieval intellectual and political culture, including the recent edited volume (with P.S. Eardley) A Companion to Giles of Rome (2016).