Europe and the Middle Ages

By Edward Peters

Book Overview

This comprehensive, well-balanced historical survey of medieval Europefrom Roman imperial provinces to the Renaissancecovers all aspects of the history (political, literary, religious, intellectual, etc.) with a focus on social and political themes. It presents a complete picture of the complex process by which an ecumenical civilization that once ringed the basin of the Mediterranean Sea, evolved into three other distinctive civilizationsLatin Europe, Greek Eastern Europe and Asia Minor, and Islam. A six-part organization outlines late Mediterranean antiquity and early northern Europe; two heirs of the ancient world; the early Middle Ages; Christendom: authority and enterprise, 950-1100; culture and society in the high Middle Ages, 1100-1325; and Christendom and Europe, 1325-1519. For anyone interested in the history of Europe and the Middle Ages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132919311
• ISBN13: 9780132919319
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 7.0" x 0.8"