The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320

ISBN-13: 9780415174152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 560 str.

Malcolm Barber

Opis

'For years, leaders of undergraduate courses on the central Middle Ages have longed for a book like this; a single volume which supplies useful outline reference material as an adjunct to a clear and wide ranging analysis of complex events, and one which presents a rounded view of the different aspects of the period, on association with a bountiful supply of relevant primary sources in translation... a real tour de force.' - Times Higher Education Supplement 'Malcolm Barber has succeeded admirably... a fine book... should find a wide and grateful readership.' - History 'a valuable introduction.' - History Today '... a historical survey of unusual comprehensiveness. Warmly recommended to upper-division undergraduates and their instructors.' - ChoiceFirst published to wide critical acclaim in 1992, The Two Cities has become an essential text for students of medieval history. For the second edition, the author has thoroughly revised each chapter, bringing the material up to date and taking the historiography of the past decade into account. The Two Cities covers a colourful period from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante. It encompasses the Crusad

Recenzje

'Meets every conceivable need and effectively renders redundant all earlier textbooks on the high Middle Ages ... in short, the book is excellent in every respect.' - History Today

Spis treści

Part 1: The Social and Economic Structure  1. The Physical Environment   2. Social Structure  3. Economic Development  Part 2: The Papacy  4. The Papacy  5. The Crusades  6. Monasticism and the Friars  7. Popular Religion and Heresy  Part 3: Political Change  8. The Empire  9. The Kingdom of Sicily  10. The Italian City-States  11. The Capetian Monarchy  12. The Kingdom of England  13. The Iberian Kingdoms  14. The States of Eastern and Northern Europe  15. The Crusader States  Part 4: Perceptions of the World  16. The Medieval World View  17. Intellectual Life  18. Art and Society  19. Western Christendom and the Wider World

O autorze

Malcolm Barber is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading. His many books include The Templars, The Cathars and The New Knighthood, A History of the Order of the Temple.