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Arranged alphabetically, this volume contains articles on various aspects of life in the Middle Ages, from A.D. 500 to 1500 and covering a geographic area including the Latin West, the Slavic world, Asia Minor, the lands of the caliphate in the East, and the Muslim-Christian areas of North Africa.

Offers a wealth of information available from no other single source, and providing precise and concise information on all aspects of the Middle Ages. Consists of articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, exploring art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom,...

An extensively illustrated collection of essays by noted scholars which examine in depth six aspects of the medieval life and culture of Europe: the monastic world; the cathedrals, courts and castles; death and the afterlife; scholarships and universities; and industry, money and trade.

This intelligently conceived, clearly organized, and well-written account of the least-understood European literary era is much more than merely a history or a simple guidebook; it is a richly illustrated and amply documented synthesis of the backgrounds, attitudes, types, stylistic devices, purposes, and motifs of medieval literature. The concentration is upon the literature of the High Middle Ages, that is, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries....

This program provides an introduction to medieval Europe by showing surviving traces to provide a feel of medieval style and practice and by tracing the roots of the fall of civilization and the onset of darkness. Much that is medieval survives, sometimes in unlikely places: in a feudal community in sub-Saharan Africa, where an absolute ruler holds court surrounded by ministers, courtiers, and hangers-on, with paladins in mail and mercenaries who,...