Charles F Briggs

The Body Broken

Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1300-1525

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Body Broken is a thematic survey of Europe in the late Middle Ages. Equipped with maps, tables, illustrations, a chronology and an annotated bibliography, it is an essential and complete student's guide to Europe during this period of crisis and change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 177mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781138842281
• ISBN-10: 1138842281
• Artikelnr.: 57174702

Autorenporträt

Charles F. Briggs is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Vermont. He has published numerous books and articles on the history of late medieval intellectual and political culture, including the recent edited volume (with P.S. Eardley) A Companion to Giles of Rome (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Social and economic change
1 The demography of disaster
2 Individuals, families and communities
3 Trade, technology and exploration
PART II Political developments
4 The theory and ideology of government
5 The lineaments and limits of state power
6 War, chivalry and crusading
PART III Religion and devotion
7 The Bride of Christ: the institutional Church
8 Devotion: Catholic and dissenting beliefs and practices
PART IV Cultural change
9 Schools, schooling and intellectual developments
10 Language, literacy and the arts
Conclusion: A new Europe?
Chronology
Suggested further reading
Bibliography
Index of persons
Index of places
Subject index