By Carol Lansing,Edward D. English
- Examines altering ways to the examine of medieval Europe, its periodization, and principal themes
- Includes insurance of significant questions reminiscent of id and the self, sexuality and gender, emotionality and ethnicity, in addition to extra conventional themes similar to fiscal and demographic growth; kingship; and the increase of the West
- Explores Europe’s knowing of the broader global to put the research of the medieval society in an international context
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