Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500

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Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500 by Jacques Le Goff offers a comprehensive one-thousand-year history of Western Europe's medieval period. Part one, Historical Evolution, narrates the era from the barbarian settlements after the Roman Empire's fall to the crises of the 14th and 15th centuries, while part two, Medieval Civilization, analytically explores the origins of medieval culture, religion, and the everyday lives of people in a pre-industrial world. Le Goff combines both Anglo-Saxon and French scholarly traditions to present a detailed and insightful account of medieval Europe.
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This book is ideal for students, historians, and anyone with a keen interest in medieval European history and culture. Its scholarly approach combined with accessible narrative makes it suitable for both academic and general readers eager to understand the complexities of medieval civilisation.

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.

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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 in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

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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Critics praise the book for its richness, imagination, and scholarly depth. Maurice Keen described Le Goff as "one of the most distinguished French medieval historians". The Times Literary Supplement commends the work for its demanding richness and learning. Douglas Johnson called it "stimulating and impressive," emphasising the importance of its translation into English. Publishing News notes its engaging presentation with magnificent photographs, while reviewers from The Independent and Jasper Griffin highlight its appeal to both historians and general readers for blending illuminating insights with fascinating facts.

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ISBN: 9780631175667

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 December 1990

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

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Translated by Julia Barrow
Translated by Julia Barrow

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 175.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 789g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

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 1975-7. He is director of the prestigious journal Annales. He has published many books; best known to English readers are Pour un autre Moyen Age (Paris 1977), translated as Time, Work and Culture in the Middle Ages (Chicago, 1980) and La naisssance du purgatoire (Paris 1981), translated as The Borth of Purgatory (Chicago 1984).

Julia Barrow, a medievalist with a special interest in church history, took her MA in St Andrews in 1978 and her D.Phil in Oxford in 1983. At present she holds a British Academy Post-doctoral fellowship at Birmingham University.

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