The period of the tenth and early eleventh centuries was crucial in the formation of Europe, much of whose political geography and larger-scale divisions began to take shape at that time. It was also an era of great fragmentation, and hence of differences that have been magnified by modern national
The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 4 c. 1024-c. 1198 (Part 1)
- Book ID
- 125972387
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Series
- The New Cambridge Medieval History 4
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 0521414105
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The fourth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the eleventh and twelfth centuries, which comprised the most dynamic period in the European Middle Ages. The first of two parts, this volume deals with ecclesiastical and secular themes, in addition to major developments such as the expansion of population, agriculture, trade, and towns; the radical reform of the Western Church; the appearance of new kingdoms and states, the Crusades, knighthood and law; and the development of literature, art and architecture, heresies and the scholastic movement.
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