Jacques Le Goff: The Birth of Europe

Cover: 9781405156820 | The Birth of Europe | Jacques Le Goff | Taschenbuch | 2006

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Beschreibung

In this ground-breaking book, the great French historian Jacques Le Goff tells the story of the key events and ideas that shaped the Middle Ages. His overview ranges widely, from the Fall of Rome to the Discovery of the Americas, and from Ireland to the Black Sea.

In clear, concise language, the author presents his personal view of the importance of the Middle Ages and its lasting legacy to Europe. 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". The Middle Ages manifested the combination of diversity and unity present in Europe today: the mixing of populations, West-East and North-South oppositions, but above all the unifying role of culture.

The book is an ideal introduction to the medieval world for students, as well as anyone interested in how "Europe" was born.

Über den Autor

Jacques Le Goff is Professor of History at L'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is among France's "great" historians, and is considered internationally to be one of the foremost scholars of his generation. He has written widely on medieval history, and his books include Medieval Civilization (Blackwell, 1990), Intellectuals and the Middle Ages (Blackwell, 1993), and The Medieval World (1997).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Maps xii

Introduction 1

Preludes: Before the Middle Ages 6

1 The Conception of Europe (Fourth to Eighth Centuries) 14

2 An Aborted Europe: The Carolingian World (Eighth to Tenth Centuries) 29

3 A Dream of Europe and the Potential Europe of the Year 1000 40

4 Feudal Europe (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries) 49

5 The ''Fine'' Europe of Towns and Universities (Thirteenth Century) 99

6 The Autumn of the Middle Ages or the Spring of a New Age? 154

Conclusion 194

Chronology 202

A Selective Thematic Bibliography 211

Index 252

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781405156820
ISBN-10:	1405156821
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Le Goff, Jacques
Übersetzung:	Lloyd, Janet
Hersteller:	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Maße:	229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Jacques Le Goff
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.12.2006
Gewicht:	0,427 kg

Artikel-ID: 107545568