description: This richly illustrated book is an authoritative account of life in medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire &amp; the coming of the Renaissance. Full coverage is given to all aspects of life in a 1000-year period which saw the creation of western civilization: from the empires &amp; kingdoms of Charlemagne, the Byzantines &amp; the Hundred Years War, to the ideas of the Crusades; the building of great cathedrals &amp; the social catastrophe of the Black Death; the cultural worlds of chivalric knights, popular festivals &amp; new art forms. The chapters show the movement of the centre of gravity in European life from the Mediterranean to the north. The authors explore the contrast between Byzantine &amp; Renaissance cultures in the south &amp; the new, complex political &amp; social structures of NW Europe, which by 1300 had the most advanced civilization the world had ever seen. Over 200 illustrations amplify the text. The picture is completed with comprehensive reference material including maps, genealogies &amp; chronology.The transformation of the Roman Mediterranean 400-900/Th BrownThe northern world in the Dark Ages 400-900/Edward JamesThe society of northern Europe in the High Middle Ages 900-1200/David WhittonNorthern Europe invades the Mediterranean 900-1200/Rosemary MorrisThe Mediterranean in the Age of the Renaissance 1200-1500/Peter DenleyThe Civilization of courts &amp; cities in the North 1200-1500/Malcolm Vale
language: English
title: The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe
titlecomplete: The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe
genres: Reference, Academic, Christianity, History, Historical, Medieval, European History, Research, Medieval History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 517
publisher: Oxford University Press