The Medieval World

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<P>Ranging from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu, the forty-four contributors to <I>The Medieval World</I> seek to bring the Middle Ages to life, offering definitive appraisals of the distinctive features of the period.</P><P></P><P>This second edition includes six additional chapters, covering the Byzantine empire, illuminated manuscripts, the ''<EM>¿rit</EM><EM>la¿e</EM>'' of the late middle ages, saints and martyrs, the papal chancery and scholastic thought. Chapters are arranged thematically within four parts:</P><P>1. Identities, Selves and Others </P><P>2. Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order </P><P>3. Power and Power Structures </P><P>4. Elites, Organisations and Groups</P><P></P><P><EM>The Medieval World</EM> presents the reader with an authoritative account of original scholarship across the medieval millennium and provides essential reading for all students of the subject. </P>