Medieval Panorama
Edited by Robert Bartlett
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| ‘All one could ever need to know. . . every form of human activity is briefly, neatly, nicely done’ | – Brian Sewell,
The Evening Standard |
| 'Bartlett's beautiful volume can either be read in sequence, or dipped into for reference and research. It is both scholarly and readable. . .' | | – Antiques Magazine |
| ‘Gloriously detailed and richly illustrated’ | | – BBC History Magazine |
Ingeniously organized by topic and thoroughly cross-referenced, this all-embracing book enables the reader to explore and understand every facet of the Middle Ages, an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and religious faith.
• Covers the entire period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the Dark Ages to the first flowering of the Renaissance
• Over 800 superb illustrations organized into themed features with authoritative commentaries appealing to every level of readership
Eight chapters explore the full range of medieval life:
• religion• political structure •art•lives, emotions and beliefs of ordinary people
• alchemy, magic and witchcraft; astronomy; courtly love and Arthurian romance
• the world outside Christendom, and how it interacted with and influenced medieval Europe
Complete with biographies of key personalities, from Charlemagne to Wycliffe, timelines, maps, glossary, gazetteer and bibliography.
See the complete list of contents
Also of interest:
Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe
Art of the Middle Ages
The Roman Catholic Church
Heraldry – Its Origins and Meaning
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500237867 | | ISBN-13 978-0500237861 | | | | 28.0 x 21.9 cm | | Hardback | | 336pp | | with over 800 illustrations, 612 in colour | | First published 2001 | | | | £29.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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