Description
Author Anne Fremantle has written a succinct and balanced overview of this distinctive era in world history. The first two chapters discuss feudalism and monasticism. Chapter Three describes the causes, course, and effects of the Crusades. Chapter Four examines the development of towns and the rise of the urban class. The evolution of medieval universities, literature, art, music, and architecture is the focus of Chapters Five and Six. The rise of the nation-states of England and France is the emphasis of Chapter Seven. The final chapter briefly describes the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, the Great Schism, and the revolts of the peasants in France and England. A chronological table of events is included in the appendix and numerous picture essays supplement the text. The influence of the Church is a common thread running throughout the narrative; the presence of the Middle Ages in the modern world is a prevalent theme as well.
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