A Companion to the Medieval WorldISBN: 978-1-4051-0922-2
Hardcover
600 pages
April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Features essays by 27 distinguished scholars addressing major
issues in the study of medieval Europe
- Emphasizes the significant impact of the middle ages on many of
the cultural forms and institutions central to European
identity
- Examines changing approaches to the study of medieval Europe,
its periodization, and central themes
- Includes coverage of important questions such as identity and
the self, sexuality and gender, emotionality and ethnicity, as well
as more traditional topics such as economic and demographic
expansion; kingship; and the rise of the West
- Explores Europe’s understanding of the wider world to place the study of the medieval society in a global context