Europe in the High Middle Ages: The Penguin History of Europe by Amazonundefined
Description
'The most accessible, up-to-date introduction to its subject ... does full justice to the multifarious forces at work in high gothic Europe'
Daily Telegraph
The years from AD 1000 to the beginning of the fourteenth century were the most formative period in European history: a time of intense social, political, cultural and religious change. In this definitive work one of the world's leading medievalists explores a confident, dynamic age, far removed from our own.
'Jordan writes elegantly and ironically, giving the reader a broad but not dumbed-down view of medieval society and its complexities. A splendid start to Penguin's History of Europe series and a first-rate work in its own right'
Kirkus Reviews
'The Penguin History of Europe series is one of contemporary publishing's great projects'
New Statesman
Recenzja
?Jordan marvelously weaves the many and various events of the years 1000?1350 into a splendid historical tapestry. That this is the inaugural volume in the Penguin History of Europe augurs very well for the series.? ("Publishers Weekly") A splendid start to Penguin's History of Europe series . . . [Jordan] writes elegantly and ironically, giving the reader a broad, but not dumbed down view of medieval society and its complexities.? ("Kirkus Reviews," starred review)" Jordan marvelously weaves the many and various events of the years 1000 1350 into a splendid historical tapestry. That this is the inaugural volume in the Penguin History of Europe augurs very well for the series. ("Publishers Weekly") A splendid start to Penguin s History of Europe series . . . [Jordan] writes elegantly and ironically, giving the reader a broad, but not dumbed down view of medieval society and its complexities. ("Kirkus Reviews", starred review)aJordan marvelously weaves the many and various events of the years 1000a1350 into a splendid historical tapestry. That this is the inaugural volume in the Penguin History of Europe augurs very well for the series.a ("Publishers Weekly") aA splendid start to Penguinas History of Europe series . . . [Jordan] writes elegantly and ironically, giving the reader a broad, but not dumbed down view of medieval society and its complexities.a ("Kirkus Reviews," starred review)"Jordan marvelously weaves the many and various events of the years 1000-1350 into a splendid historical tapestry. That this is the inaugural volume in the Penguin History of Europe augurs very well for the series."
O autorze
William Chester Jordan
is Professor of History at Princeton University and the author of
The Great Famine
.
Product information
- Długość wersji drukowanej:400 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:Penguin Group
- Data publikacji:30 sierpnia 2002
- Wymiary:12.95 x 1.88 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-10:0140166645
- ISBN-13:978-0140166644
- Author:William Chester Jordan
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