num_pages: 336
description: The Medieval World Complete re-creates one of the great ages of European civilization through a sequence of spectacular images accompanied by a lively informed commentary. Organized by topic and thoroughly cross-referenced this comprehensive volume enables the reader to explore and understand every facet of the Middle Ages an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and religious faith in a world where life was often coarse and cruel cut short by war famine and disease. Framed by chapters that bracket the beginning and the end of this misunderstood period The Medieval World Complete covers religion and the Church nations and laws daily life art and architecture scholarship and philosophy and the world beyond Christendom. The book is completed by biographies of key personalities from Charlemagne to Wycliffe as well as timelines maps a glossary a gazetteer and a bibliography.
language: English
title: The Medieval World Complete
publisher: Thames & Hudson