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Bryce D. Lyon, ed.
The High Middle Ages 1000-1300.
Published New York: The Free Press, 7th impression (previously issued 1964).
Series: Sources in Western Civilization.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 136x207x20mm.
Page count: viii,273p.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks a bit battered, some rubs and creases on the covers, some wear on the edges and corners, some creasing on the spine; previous seller’s stamp on the half-title page, previous owner’s name in ink on the half-title page and inside back cover, and at least 5 text pages have some pencilled marking.

This item £7.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 329g.

How to order this book

Presents a set of selections from medieval works in modern English, illustrating the growth of western Europe in its main medieval phase of development; goes for quality rather than quantity, so most sections only include one or two extracts, so as to allow for longer extracts.

Organised under the following section headings: About the year 1000; Quest for peace in a feudal state; An early medieval merchant; Liberties & privileges in a medieval town; Winning of a commune; Opulence of Constantinople; Conflict between spiritual & secular authority; Dissension among the crusaders; 12th‑c. monasticism; St. Francis of Assisi & the friars; Life & love of Peter Abelard; Search for Christian truth; Construction of gothic cathedrals; 2 medieval kings; Restrictions on royal authority; Magna Carta.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 33pp
Notes: at end of each section
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no

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