A Medieval Omnibus: Sources in Medieval European History Tapa blanda - 2014

Oxford University Press, 7/30/2014 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.6000 in x 9.1000 in x 7.5000 in. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books.

Oxford University Press, 2014-07-30. Revised ed. paperback. Used: Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 2014-07-30. Revised ed. paperback. Used:Good.

Gardners Books, 2014. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 7.50x9.20x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Deftly written and beautifully illustrated, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Third Edition, presents a distinctive and nuanced portrayal of the Greater West during its medieval millennium. By integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine worlds into the main narrative, author Clifford R. Backman offers an insightful, detailed, and often witty look at the continuum of interaction-social, cultural, intellectual, and commercial-that existed among all three societies. This compelling volume surpasses traditional textbook representations of the Middle Ages by balancing the conventional focus on political affairs, especially those of northern Europe, with equally detailed attention to medieval society as it developed in the Mediterranean. In addition, Backman describes the ways in which the medieval Latin West attempted to understand the unified and rational structure of the human cosmos, which they believed existed beneath the observable diversity and disorder of the… Leer más