Военная история / The Worlds of Medieval Europe

Название: The Worlds of Medieval Europe
Автор: Clifford R. Backman
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2003
Страниц: 479
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 10 MB

The Worlds of Medieval Europe updates and revises traditional textbook representations of the Middle Ages by balancing the conventional focus on political affairs, especially those of northern Europe, with equally detailed attention to medieval society as it developed in the Mediterranean. The result is a nuanced portrayal of a multifarious western world that was sharply divided between its northern and southern aspects. By also integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine world into the main narrative, the text brings new life to the continuum of interaction - social, cultural, and intellectual, as well as commercial - that existed among all three societies.