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Two cities : medieval Europe, 1050-1320

Title
Two cities : medieval Europe, 1050-1320 / Malcolm Barber.
Author
Barber, Malcolm.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description
xv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"First published to wide critical acclaim in 1992, The Two Cities has become an essential text for students of medieval history. For the second edition, the author has thoroughly revised each chapter, bringing the material up to date and taking the historiography of the 1990s into account." "The Two Cities covers a colourful period from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante. It encompasses the crusades, the expansionist force of the Normans, major developments in the way in which kings, emperors and popes exercised their powers, a great flourishing of art and architecture and the foundation of the very first universities. Running through it is the defining characteristic of the high middle ages - the delicate relationship between the spiritual and secular worlds, the two 'cities' of the title." "This survey provides all the facts and background information that students need, and is defined in straightforward thematic chapters. It makes extensive use of primary sources, and makes new trends in research accessible to students. Its fresh approach gives students the most rounded, lively and integrated view of the high middle ages available."--Jacket.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [466]-498) and indexes.
Contents
I. The social and economic structure. -- 1. The physical environment. -- 2. Social structure. -- 3. Economic development. -- II. The Church.-- 4. The papacy. -- 5. The crusades. -- 6. Monasticism and the friars. -- 7. Popular religion and heresy. -- III. Political change. -- 8. The Empire. -- 9. The Kingdom of Sicily. -- 10. The Italian city-states. -- 11. The Capetian monarchy. -- 12. The Kingdom of England. -- 13. The Iberian kingdoms. -- 14. The states of eastern and northern Europe. -- 15. The Crusader State . -- IV. Perceptions of the world. -- 16. The medieval world view. -- 17. Intellectual life. -- 18. Art and society. -- 19. Western Christendom and the wider world.
ISBN
  • 0415174147
  • 9780415174145
  • 0415174155
  • 9780415174152
LCCN
2003019889
OCLC
  • ocm53019322
  • 53019322
  • SCSB-9605982
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library