The birth of Europe
By: Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Janet Lloyd.
Series: The making of Europe
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Middle Ages -- History; Civilization, Medieval; Europe -- History -- 476-1492
Description: "In this book, French historian Jacques Le Goff places the genesis of Europe firmly in the Middle Ages. He contends that it was in the Middle Ages that many of the institutions and beliefs we consider to be "European" were defined and developed for the first time: ideas about a common Christian society, public spaces, courtship, and marriage." "The Birth of Europe presents the historical facts and events that shaped the period, but also the formation of attitudes and concepts of a European "dream.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-251) and index.