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This volume forms the third part of one
of the finest general introductions to the medieval world
of recent times. Lavishly illustrated, with numerous accompanying
maps and charts, each of the three volumes presents a synthesis
of scholarly research and interpretation, translated from
the original French and revised thoroughly for an English
speaking readership.
Volume III covers the close of the Middle
Ages, an era of crisis, plague, famine and civil strife,
and yet also -- towards its end -- of vigorous economic
and colonial expansion, intellectual renewal and religious
reformation. Full coverage is given not only to Western
Europe, but also to the Byzantine and Islamic worlds, whose
artistic heritage is displayed in several of the colour
plates. A bibliography is appended as an aid to further
study, whether by the general reader or by teachers and
students of the period.
The two further volumes, on 350-950 and
on 950-1250, are also available. The Cambridge Illustrated
History of the Middle Ages is also sold as a three-volume
boxed set.
The editor and principal contributor,
Robert Fossier, is Professor of Medieval History at the
Universite de Paris I.
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