Title:
Late medieval Europe
Author:
Edition:
Zak Books ed.
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
Fiesole (Florence), Italy : Zak Books, c2009.
Physical Description:
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9788860981523
Abstract:
"Rediscover Europe in the age of castles, crusades, cathedrals, knights, and courtly love. Learn about the plague that ended the period."--Cover [p. 4].
General Note:
Includes index.
"Castles, crusades, cathedrals"--Cover [p. 1].
Contents:
Introduction -- Europe from the year 1000 -- Feudal society -- Pilgrimage -- Crusades -- Crusader states -- Medieval castle -- Inside Europe's monasteries -- Medieval art -- Building cathedrals -- Trade, merchants, and bankers -- Growth of towns -- Medieval Italy -- England and France -- Court culture -- Germany and the Holy Roman Empire -- Medieval Spain -- Church and the papacy -- Hundred Years' War -- Black death -- Eastern Europe.
Geographic Term:
Language:
English
