This collection was originally published in 1952. It was conceived from the first as more than a mere abridgement of the eight-colume Cambridge medieval history and the author was given complete di…
This collection was originally published in 1952. It was conceived from the first as more than a mere abridgement of the eight-colume Cambridge medieval history and the author was given complete di…
Byzantium was one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen. A dynamic, cosmopolitan melting-pot of East and West, Christianity and paganism, its empire lasted for over 1000 years. The …
This book presents a revisionist examination of the development of European intellectual culture between the high middle ages and 1550. It draws particular attention to the roles of Marsilio Ficino…
This book of translated materials from the late Roman Empire to the mid-fifteenth century introduces students to the diversity of Medieval culture--covering the variety of lifestyles, ways of think…
'The perspective from which [this book] has been written is that of world history; the conviction determining its focus, that of Western cultural peculiarity or singularity; the belief suggesting i…
Now revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material...