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Medieval Europe Its Development & Civilization

Medieval Europe Its Development & Civilization

Thorndike, Lynn

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General ChristianityGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353706181
ISBN13: 9789353706180
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 766
Weight: 2.11
Height: 1.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
How did Europe become Europe? Lynn Thorndike maps the long turning from late antiquity to a recognisable medieval world. A world takes shape here. Written as a scholarly medieval history and a lucid medieval history survey, Medieval Europe: Its Development and Civilization follows Europe 500 to 1500 with a firm sense of scale and proportion. It moves through feudalism and manorialism, the medieval church and society, and the rise of medieval cities, showing how power, belief, and work organised daily life. Alongside kingship and warfare come lordship and landholding, parish and monastery, guild and market, learning and law. The book has the steady architecture of a European civilization textbook and European cultural history in one, prized as a medieval studies reference and a college course textbook for western Europe Middle Ages and broader medieval study. Thorndike's synthesis remains historically significant: a classic of twentieth-century scholarship that helps modern readers see continuities as well as change, without losing the human texture of medieval social history. Casual readers find a sure-footed guide; students gain a framework that supports lecture halls and reading lists. For collectors of classic non-fiction, Thorndike's command of evidence makes it a volume to keep and return to whenever questions of Europe 500 to 1500 arise. It remains a touchstone of European cultural history today. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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