Энциклопедии / The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe

Название: The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe
Автор: George Holmes
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 1988
Страниц: 431
Формат: pdf
Размер: 75,60 MB
Язык: английский

Exploring a period of profound diversity and change, the contributors focus on all aspects of medieval history from the empires and kingdoms of Charlemagne and the Byzantines to the new nations which fought the Hundred Years War from the expression of religion in the great monasteries and cathedrals to the mixed ambitions of the Crusades and from the cultural worlds of chivalric knights, popular festivals, and new art forms to the social catastrophe of the Black Death. Divided between the Mediterranean world and northern Europe, the six chapters in this book demonstrate the movement of the center of gravity in European life from the Mediterranean to the north. With over two hundred illustrations, including dozens in color, the volume also contains comprehensive reference material in maps, genealogies, a chronology, lists of further reading, and a full index.