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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828702803321

Autore

Hanawalt Barbara A. <1941->

Titolo

The Middle Ages : an illustrated history / / Barbara A. Hanawalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

1423774132

0-19-802637-4

1-280-56408-3

1-4237-7413-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p. ) : ill. (some col.), maps ;

Collana

Oxford Illustrated History

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Middle Ages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-155) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The three cultures that made the middle ages -- Settling down in the old empire -- Three empires: Carlolingian, Byzantine, and Arab -- The turning point -- The flowering of Medieval Europe -- New architecture, ideas, and monastic Orders -- Communities and their members -- The four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Sommario/riassunto

A history of the Middle Ages, including the merger of Roman, Christian, and Germanic cultures; the transformation of the Roman Empire; and social, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of medieval life.