Medieval Worlds: A Sourcebook

Book Overview

Complete with introductions, full commentary, glossary, and a guide to further reading, Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century.

Drawing on a wide range of documents, from chronicles, legal, state, and church documents, to biographies, poems, and letters from all over Europe, the authors expertly illustrate to the reader the unity - and complexity - of the medieval world.

Amongst many more, central issues discussed include:

the diverse world of monasteries the Papacy the Crusades women the roles of the town and countryside.

Medieval Worlds presents the reader with a view of the medieval era as it was: one of immense diversity with openness to new ideas, and outreach in areas from technology to natural philosophy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415253098
• ISBN13: 9780415253093
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"