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Medieval History: The Life and Death of a Civilization
by Cantor, Norman F
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- Hardcover
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New York, USA and London, England: Macmillan Co and Collier-Macmillan Lmt, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. 15 maps, illustration plates and in-text illustrations. Olive-Green cloth binding with gilt symbol imprinted on front, gilt lettered on spine. Very clean and unmarked with light rubbing of edges, corners and spine ends. light scuffing of corner tips. Solid & tight sewn binding with endbands. Endpapers with interesting facsimile Early Twelfth Century English Manuscript of Bede's De Ratione Temporum. Former owner name on top of front endpaper. Pages clean, mp creasing, no tears. with underlining (some pencil, some red ink, some black ink) and highlighting throughout. Still, text remains clear and clean and very readable. Norman Cantor was a preeminent medieval historian, having taught medieval history at Columbia, Barnard, Princeton, John Hopkins, Yeshiva, and Manitoba. A brilliant narrative analysis of the mainstreams of development in the Middle Ages and what they actually meant in the lives of medieval peoples. The history of Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. A solid ,heavy, clean volume. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 622 pages including A Reading Program in Medieval History; Chronological Lists, and Index. Macmillan and Collier-Macmillan Lmt, New York & London, 1963.
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- Title
- Medieval History: The Life and Death of a Civilization
- Author
- Cantor, Norman F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Co and Collier-Macmillan Lmt
- Place of Publication
- New York, USA and London, England
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; AMBROSE, ST.; ANSELIM, ALFRED THE GREAT; ARISTOCRACY; AUGUSTINE, ST., BISHOP OF HIPPO; BISHOPS; BENEDICTINE MONKS; BYZANTINE EMPIRE; CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY; CHARLEMAGNE; CATHOLIC CHURCH; CONSTANTINE; CHRISTIANITY; CRUSADES; ENGLAND; FRANCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Medieval;
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