Medieval Civilization 400 1500

Author : Jacques Le Goff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : 0760716528

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Medieval Civilization, 400-1500 by Jacques Le Goff Pdf

This 1000-year history of the civilization of western Europe has been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will be read by generations of students and historians. Part one is a narrative account of the entire period, from the barbarian settlement of Roman Europe in the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries to the war-torn crises of Christian Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Part two is analytical, concerned with the origins of early medieval ideas of culture and religion, the constraints of time and space in a pre-industrial world and the reconstruction of the lives and sensibilities of the people during this long period. Le Goff combines the narrative and descriptive power characteristic of Anglo-Saxon scholarship with the sensitivity and insight of the French historical tradition.--From publisher description.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:849452053

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Medieval Civilization by Anonim Pdf

Author : H G Koenigsberger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870883

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Medieval Europe 400 - 1500 by H G Koenigsberger Pdf

This book traces across the millennium of the Middle Ages the gradual crystallisation of a new and distinctive European identity. Koenigsberger covers the Islamic, Byzantine and central Asian worlds in his account which explains Europe's progression from chaos and collapse to the point where it was set to rule much of the world.

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597521031

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Medieval Civilization by Jeffrey Burton Russell Pdf

From the Preface: This book is intended as an investigation of the civilization of western Europe from the third to the fifteenth centuries. It presents not only the results, but some of the important problems, of contemporary scholarship in medieval history. It follows a topical treatment of economic, social, political, and cultural history within a chronological framework. Rather than trying to achieve consistently detailed coverage of every aspect of medieval civilization, I have concentrated upon individual or collective examples of important ideas, attitudes, institutions, or events. Discussions of the sources appear in each chapter, and the sources are quoted frequently in the body of the text in order to permit the reader to feel, as well as intellectually to grasp, the nature of medieval life. Pictures and maps are integrated with the text as illustrations of the topics discussed.

Author : David M Nicholas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317895435

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The Evolution of the Medieval World by David M Nicholas Pdf

This ambitious and wide-ranging study of the European Middle Ages respects the complexity and richness of its subject; always accessible, it is never merely superficial or over-simplistic. Stressing the long-term factors of continuity, evolution and change throughout, David Nicholas discusses the social and economic aspects of medieval civilization, and examines their links with political, institutional and cultural development. Designed for students and non-specialists, his book triumphantly meets the need for a comprehensive survey of the medieval world within the covers of a single authoritative volume.

Author : Jacques Le Goff
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691156453

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In Search of Sacred Time by Jacques Le Goff Pdf

How The Golden Legend shaped the medieval imagination It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. By 1500, there were more copies of it in circulation than there were of the Bible itself. Priests drew on The Golden Legend for their sermons, the faithful used it for devotion and piety, and artists and writers mined it endlessly in their works. In Search of Sacred Time is the first comprehensive history and interpretation of this crucial book. Jacques Le Goff, one of the world's most renowned medievalists, provides a lucid, compelling, and unparalleled account of why and how The Golden Legend exerted such a profound influence on medieval life. In Search of Sacred Time explains how The Golden Legend—an encyclopedic work that followed the course of the liturgical calendar and recounted the life of the saint for each feast day—worked its way into the fabric of medieval life. Le Goff describes how this ambitious book was carefully crafted to give sense and shape to the Christian year, underscoring its meaning and drama through the stories of saints, miracles, and martyrdoms. Ultimately, Le Goff argues, The Golden Legend influenced how medieval Christians perceived the passage of time, Christianizing time itself and reconciling human and divine temporality. Authoritative, eloquent, and original, In Search of Sacred Time is a major reinterpretation of a book that is central to comprehending the medieval imagination.

Author : Dana Munro
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531267018

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Medieval Civilization by Dana Munro Pdf

IN the fourth century most of the land in the Roman Empire was in the possession of the senatorial nobility. This nobility had its rise from the practice of conferring the office of senator without requiring the recipients of the honor to take their seats in the senate, or even to reside at Rome. Many of them lived in the provinces, and there were not a few who had never been away from home. They were senators, nevertheless, in the full enjoyment of the titles and privileges of their high station, and with the right of transmitting them to their children. Appointment to certain governmental posts or the mere will of the emperor would also confer it. Hence this nobility was more than a mere hereditary caste; it was an order to which all ambitious men might aspire...

Author : Helmut Georg & Briggs Koenigsberger (Asa)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:692295222

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Medieval Europe 400-1500 by Helmut Georg & Briggs Koenigsberger (Asa) Pdf

Author : Larry D. Harwood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498234887

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Medieval Civilization by Larry D. Harwood Pdf

Providing an overall view of the medieval period of Western history, this book maintains a balanced approach to an age that has been romanticized as well as vilified. Written with an eye toward modern readers, who may be perplexed by the hazy Middle Ages, Medieval Civilization provides illuminating details that enable the reader to enjoy a fascinating overview of this stretch of a thousand years. Rather than maintaining a dismissive attitude toward this presumed dark and dank period of human failings, the author banters about and responds to some criticisms of the medieval world by modern critics alongside his telling of the medieval story. Religious presences loom large in this book written about an age of religion and things religious in a way largely foreign to the modern world. The medieval period breathes in this tale of peasants, priests, and kings rather than being autopsied as a museum piece. Terms like scholastic, gothic, mendicant, monk, stigmata, and others are put into medieval contexts for ease of understanding, while a huge slice of Western history, usually looked at suspiciously by modern people, is presented as preparation for understanding much of the modern world.

Author : Bede K. Lackner,Kenneth R. Philp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000052095

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Essays on Medieval Civilization by Bede K. Lackner,Kenneth R. Philp Pdf

"These essays explore unfamiliar topics, reveal the vitality of the past, investigate the basic concerns of mankind, and re-evaluate the meaning of medieval history for the modern world."--Book jacket.

Author : Jennifer R. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351886369

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The Long Morning of Medieval Europe by Jennifer R. Davis Pdf

Recent advances in research show that the distinctive features of high medieval civilization began developing centuries earlier than previously thought. The era once dismissed as a "Dark Age" now turns out to have been the long morning of the medieval millennium: the centuries from AD 500 to 1000 witnessed the dawn of developments that were to shape Europe for centuries to come. In 2004, historians, art historians, archaeologists, and literary specialists from Europe and North America convened at Harvard University for an interdisciplinary conference exploring new directions in the study of that long morning of medieval Europe, the early Middle Ages. Invited to think about what seemed to each the most exciting new ways of investigating the early development of western European civilization, this impressive group of international scholars produced a wide-ranging discussion of innovative types of research that define tomorrow's field today. The contributors, many of whom rarely publish in English, test approaches extending from using ancient DNA to deducing cultural patterns signified by thousands of medieval manuscripts of saints' lives. They examine the archaeology of slave labor, economic systems, disease history, transformations of piety, the experience of power and property, exquisite literary sophistication, and the construction of the meaning of palace spaces or images of the divinity. The book illustrates in an approachable style the vitality of research into the early Middle Ages, and the signal contributions of that era to the future development of western civilization. The chapters cluster around new approaches to five key themes: the early medieval economy; early medieval holiness; representation and reality in early medieval literary art; practices of power in an early medieval empire; and the intellectuality of early medieval art and architecture. Michael McCormick's brief introductions open each part of the volume; synthetic essays by accomplished specialists conclude them. The editors summarize the whole in a synoptic introduction. All Latin terms and citations and other foreign-language quotations are translated, making this work accessible even to undergraduates. The Long Morning of Medieval Europe: New Directions in Early Medieval Studies presents innovative research across the wide spectrum of study of the early Middle Ages. It exemplifies the promising questions and methodologies at play in the field today, and the directions that beckon tomorrow.

Author : Maurice Keen
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020519687

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The History of Medieval Europe by Maurice Keen Pdf

Tribal wars, the Crusades, the growth of trade and the shifting patterns of community life as villages grew into towns and towns into sizeable cities. Papal Victories-100 years war and Christendom.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760663832

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Medieval Europe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Meredith MacArdle
Publisher : Worth Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Middle Ages
ISBN : 1849310440

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The Timeline History of the Middle Ages by Meredith MacArdle Pdf

The Timeline History of the Middle Ages offers a unique chronological record of every aspect of this fascinating era. Organized around the major subjects, including politics, dynasties, wars, religion, the arts and everyday life, The Timeline also highlights the unforgettable figures of the day, such as Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc, and Richard the Lionheart.

Author : Jacques Le Goff
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231540407

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Must We Divide History Into Periods? by Jacques Le Goff Pdf

We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the past, but the idea of the Renaissance as a distinct period arose only during the nineteenth century. Though the view of the Middle Ages as a dark age of unreason has softened somewhat, we still locate the advent of modern rationality in the Italian thought and culture of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Jacques Le Goff pleads for a strikingly different view. In this, his last book, he argues persuasively that many of the innovations we associate with the Renaissance have medieval roots, and that many of the most deplorable aspects of medieval society continued to flourish during the Renaissance. We should instead view Western civilization as undergoing several "renaissances" following the fall of Rome, over the course of a long Middle Ages that lasted until the mid-eighteenth century. While it is indeed necessary to divide history into periods, Le Goff maintains, the meaningful continuities of human development only become clear when historians adopt a long perspective. Genuine revolutions—the shifts that signal the end of one period and the beginning of the next—are much rarer than we think.