دانلود کتاب The Medieval World

Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors toThe Medieval Worldseek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period.This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the '�spritla�que' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts:1. Identities, Selves and Others2. Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order3. Power and Power Structures4. Elites, Organisations and GroupsThe Medieval Worldpresents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject.