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The New Cambridge Medieval History

The New Cambridge Medieval History

The New Cambridge Medieval History

Volume 5: c.1198-c.1300
David Abulafia, University of Cambridge
May 2015
5. c.1198-c.1300
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    Volume 5 brings together studies of the political, religious, social and economic history of the whole of Europe and of the Mediterranean world between about 1198 and 1300. Comprehensive coverage of the developments in western Europe is balanced by attention to the east of Europe, including the Byzantine world, and the Islamic lands in Spain, north Africa and the Levant. Thematic articles look at the fine arts, the vernacular, communications and other aspects of a period in which the frontiers of Latin Christendom were expanding vigorously outward. Attention also is paid to the frontier societies that emerged in Spain, the Baltic and the Mediterranean islands.

    • A comprehensive work of reference and interpretation on European history, east and west, in the thirteenth century
    • Contains chapters by dozens of leading historians of high international reputation
    • Text fully backed up with extensive annotation, chapter bibliographies, and maps

    Reviews & endorsements

    "Abulafia is to be congratulated on producing a splendidly coherent volume...the NCMH makes a genuine contribution to a 'balanced and authoritative' coverage of topics, bringing the thirteenth into the twenty-first century." The Medieval Review

    "Contributors represent an international group of scholars." K. F. Drew, Choice

    "This is an impressive collection...its completeness, authoritative surveys, and coverage make it indispensable especially for medievalists trying to orient themselves with unfamiliar fields or ones they have not thought about in recent years." Speculum

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    May 2015
    Paperback
    9781107460669
    1086 pages
    229 × 152 × 54 mm
    1.4kg
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    Table of Contents

    • List of maps
    • List of tables
    • List of plates
    • Preface
    • Introduction David Abulafia
    • Part I. Common Themes:
    • 1. Social change in the thirteenth century: (a) Nobles and knights Robert Stacey
    • (b) Urban society Steven Epstein
    • (c) Rural society Gérard Sivéry
    • 2. Commerce and communications Kathryn Reyerson
    • 3. The vernacular Colin Smith
    • 4. Thirteenth-century art and architecture Paul Binski
    • Part II. The Church in the Thirteenth Century:
    • 5. The papacy in the thirteenth century J. A. Watt
    • 6. The Albigensian Crusades and heresy Bernard Hamilton
    • 7. The Church and the laity André Vauchez
    • 10. The universities and scholasticism Jacques Verger
    • Part III. The Western Kingdoms:
    • 11. The Capetians from Philip II to Philip IV William Chester Jordan
    • 12. The Plantagenet kings David Carpenter
    • 12 The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of Savoy and adjacent territories Eugene Cox
    • 13 (a) Welfs, Hohenstaufen and Habsburgs in Germany, 1197–1308 Michael Toch
    • (b) Flanders in the thirteenth century Wim Blockmans
    • Part IV. Italy:
    • 15 Northern Italy: (a) The maritime republics John Pryor
    • (b) Sardinia and Corsica from the mid-twelfth to the early fourteenth century Marco Tangheroni
    • (c) The rise of the signori Trevor Dean
    • (d) Florence Louis Green
    • 16. The kingdom of Sicily under Hohenstaufen and Angevin rule David Abulafia
    • Part V. The Mediterranean Frontiers:
    • 17. Byzantium after the Fourth Crusade: (a) The Latin empire of Constantinople and the Frankish states in Greece David Jacoby
    • (b) The Greek rump states and the recovery of Byzantium Michael Angold
    • 18. The Crusades: (a) The thirteenth-century crusades in the Mediterranean Norman Housley
    • (b) The Crusader states and Cyprus Peter Edbury
    • 19. Islam and the Mediterranean: (a) The rise of the Mamluks Robert Irwin
    • (b) The Maghrib Michael Brett
    • (c) The Nasrid kingdom of Granada David Abulafia
    • 20 The rise of Aragon-Catalonia David Abulafia
    • 21. Castile, Portugal and Navarre Peter Linehan
    • Part VI. The Northern and Eastern Frontiers:
    • 22. The Mongols and Europe Peter Jackson
    • 23. Scandinavia and the Baltic border: (a) The Scandinavian kingdoms Sverre Bagge
    • (b) The military orders in the Baltic Michael Burleigh
    • 24 Eastern Europe: (a) The central European kingdoms S. C. Rowell
    • (b) Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria Alain Ducellier
    • (c) Russia Simon Franklin
    • 25. The Celtic lands Robert Bartlett
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • David Abulafia, Robert Stacey, Gérard Sivéry, Kathryn Reyerson, Colin Smith, Paul Binski, J. A. Watt, Bernard Hamilton, André Vauchez, Jacques Verger, William Chester Jordan, David Carpenter, Eugene Cox, Michael Toch, Wim Blockmans, John Pryor, Marco Tangheroni, Trevor Dean, Louis Green, David Jacoby, Michael Angold, Norman Housley, Peter Edbury, Robert Irwin, Michael Brett, Peter Linehan, Peter Jackson, Sverre Bagge, Michael Burleigh, S. C. Rowell, Alain Ducellier, Simon Franklin, Robert Bartlett

    • Author
    • David Abulafia , University of Cambridge