Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500

4. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-03540-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 602 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1207 g

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianisation, the formation of nations and states, the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy, the growth of cities, the Crusades, the effects of plague and the intellectual and cultural dynamism of the Middle Ages.

The book explores the driving forces behind the formation of medieval society and the directions in which it developed and changed. In doing this, the authors cover a wide geographic expanse, including Western interactions with the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic World, North Africa and Asia. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect moves toward teaching the Middle Ages in a global context and contains a wealth of new features and topics that help to bring this fascinating era to life, including:

- West Europe’s catching up through intensive exchange with the Mediterranean Islamic world

- growth of autonomous cities and civic liberties

- emergence of an empirical and rational worldview

- climate change and intercontinental pandemics

- European exchange with Africa and Asia

- chapter introductions to support students’ understanding of the topics

- a fully updated glossary to give modern students the confidence and language to discuss medieval history

Clear and stimulating, the fourth edition of Introduction to Medieval Europe is the ideal companion to studying the entirety of medieval history at undergraduate level.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blockmans, Wim

Hoppenbrouwers, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1 The early Middle Ages, 300–1000 1. The end of the Roman Empire in the West 2. The establishment of two world religions: Christianity and Islam 3. The powerful and the poor: society and economy in the Frankish kingdoms and beyond Part 2: The Central Middle Ages, 1000-1300 4. Early kingdoms and principalities 5. Accelerated growth 6. Religious reform and renewal Part 3: Expansion and maturation, 1000-1500 7. The beginnings of European expansion 8. Thinking about man and the world 9. Towns and the urbanisation of medieval society Part 4: The Late Middle Ages, 1300-1500 10. Between crisis and contraction: population, economy and society 11. The consolidation of states 12. Crisis in the Church and the reorientation of the faithful Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Wim Blockmans is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. His previous publications include The Routledge History Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600 (2016).

Peter Hoppenbrouwers is Professor Emeritus at the Institute for History, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. His previous publications include Village Community and Conflict in Late Medieval Drenthe (The Medieval Countryside) (2018).