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050 00 $aD131$b.B33 2009
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100 1 $aBackman, Clifford R.
245 14 $aThe worlds of medieval Europe /$cClifford R. Backman.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axviii, 582 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aThe early Middle Ages: the third through ninth centuries -- The roman world at its height -- The rise of christianity -- Early germanic society -- Cloister and culture -- The emergence of the medieval worlds -- The Carolingian era -- The central Middle Ages: the tenth through twelfth centuries -- The time of troubles -- Revolutions on land and sea -- A new europe emerges: north and south -- The reform of the church -- The renaissances of the twelfth century -- The Papal monarchy -- The late Middle Ages: the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- Politics in the thirteenth century -- Art and intellect in the thirteenth century -- Daily life at the medieval zenith -- Changes in religious life -- The crises of the fourteenth century -- Signs of a new era -- Two epilogues -- Closings in, closings out -- The renaissance in medieval context.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Early Middle Ages: The Third through Ninth Centuries -- The Roman World at its Height -- The Rise of Christianity -- Early Germanic Society -- Cloister and Culture -- The Emergence of the Medieval Worlds -- The Carolingian Era -- The Central Middle Ages: The Tenth through Twelfth Centuries -- The Time of Troubles -- Revolutions on Land and Sea -- A New Europe Emerges: North and South -- The Reform of the Church -- The Renaissances of the Twelfth Century -- The Papal Monarchy -- The Late Middle Ages: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries -- Politics in the Thirteenth Century -- Art and Intellect in the Thirteenth Century -- Daily Life at the Medieval Zenith -- Changes in Religious Life -- The Crises of the Fourteenth Century -- Signs of a New Era -- Closings in, Closings out -- The Renaissance in Medieval Context -- The medieval popes -- The Carolingians -- The Capetans -- France: the Valois -- England: the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties -- England: the Lancastrian and Yorkist dynasties -- Germany: the Ottonian, Salian, and Hohenstaufen dynasties -- Germany: the late medieval emperors -- The Spanish kingdoms, 1000-1250 -- The Spanish kingdoms, 1250-1500 -- The emperors in Constantinople.
520 $aThis text presents a portrayal of a western world that was sharply divided between its northern and southern aspects. By integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine worlds into the main narrative, the author offers a look at the continuum of interaction, social, cultural, intellectual, and commercial, that existed among all three societies. Filled with relevant primary documents, this balances the conventional focus on political affairs, especially those of northern Europe, with equally detailed attention to medieval society as it developed in the Mediterranean. In addition, the author describes the ways in which the medieval Latin West attempted to understand the unified and rational structure of the human cosmos, which they believed existed beneath the observable diversity and disorder of the world. This effort to re-create a human ordering of "unity through diversity" provides an essential key to understanding medieval Europe and the ways in which it regarded and reacted to the worlds around it. Thoroughly updated and redesigned, the second edition features new illustrations. Moreover, it offers an analysis of gender, along with an examination of the tumultuous relationship between the Mediterranean and Islam.
650 0 $aCivilization, Medieval.
650 0 $aFeudalism$zEurope.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y476-1492.
650 0 $aMonarchy$zEurope.
650 0 $aKings and rulers, Medieval.
651 0 $aMediterranean Region$xCivilization.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xCivilization$y1081-1453.
650 0 $aMiddle Ages.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBackman, Clifford R.$tWorlds of medieval Europe.$b2nd ed.$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2009$w(OCoLC)648526087
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