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Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500
Jacques Le Goff
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Description for Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500
Paperback. aeo Hardback won unqualified acclaim from a wide range of review media. aeo A tour--de--force 1000 year history from Europea s premier historian. aeo A passionate introduction to the period, giving students the full flavour of the millennium. aeo Hardback won unqualified acclaim from a wide range of review media. Translator(s): Barrow, Julia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 826.
This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by generations of students and historians, but which will delight and inform all those interested in the history of medieval Europe.
This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by generations of students and historians, but which will delight and inform all those interested in the history of medieval Europe.
Part one, Historical Evolution , is a narrative account of the entire period, from the barbarian settlement of Roman Europe in the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries to the war-torn crises of Christian Europe ... Read more
Part two, Medieval Civilization , is analytical, concerned with the origins of early medieval ideas of culture and religion, the constraints of time and space in a pre-industrial world and the reconstruction of the lives and sensibilities of the people during this long period. Medieval Civilization combines the narrative and descriptive power characteristic of Anglo-Saxon scholarship with the sensitivity and insight of the French historical tradition.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631175667
SKU
V9780631175667
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About Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le Goff was born in 1924 at Toulon. He taught in a lycee at Amiens in 1950-1 and then held research studentships at Lincoln College, Oxford and the Ecole francaise de Rome. Since then he has taught at the Ecole practique des hautes etudes, rising to the position of president of the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales ... Read more
Reviews for Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500
'Jacques Le Goff is one of the most distinguised of the French medieval historians of his generation, a generation in which the French have consistently set the pace for medieval studies.' Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books "The richness, imaginativeness and sheer learning of Le Goff's work cannot be summarized and demands to be experienced." Times Literary Supplement ... Read more