The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

by Susan Wise Bauer

Book Overview

In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action. Right began to replace might as the engine of empire.

Not just Christianity and Islam but also the religions of the Persians, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393059758
• ISBN13: 9780393059755
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"