num_pages: 320
description: Incorporating the latest developments in the study of the period, a team of leading international scholars provides a fresh and dynamic picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.
language: English
title: Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000-1300
titlecomplete: Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000-1300 (Short Oxford History of Italy)
genres: History, Italy, Medieval, European History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Oxford University Press