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By Carol Lansing,Edward D. English

Drawing at the services of 26 wonderful students, this significant quantity covers the most important concerns within the learn of medieval Europe, highlighting the numerous influence the period of time had on cultural types and associations principal to ecu identification.

  • 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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