The Pelican History of Medieval Europe (Pelican book)
by Keen, Maurice
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140210857
- ISBN 13
- 9780140210859
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About This Item
Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Good Condition. Cover is clean and bright, worn around edges, rubbed down hinge, shows a detail from a fourteenth century French manuscript, The Travels of Marco Polo, showing the brothers Nicolo and Matteo Polo setting sail for the Black Sea. Glued binding tight snd solid, all pages attached and intact, clean with no text markings of any kind, They are yellowing, more so towards edges, not browning. The Middle Ages--a time of struggles of Empire and Papacy, of the Crusades, of serfdom, of feudalism, of the Hundred Years War, Barbarian invasions, ----. Maurice Keen shows how the feudal order of a world driven back upon its natural resources was gradually transformed into the self-confident, expansionist society of the twelfth century. 349 pp with Tables of the Royal Houses and Popes, Bibliography and Index. 1965 printing, Penguin Books, Middlesex, England.
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- Title
- The Pelican History of Medieval Europe (Pelican book)
- Author
- Keen, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140210857
- ISBN 13
- 9780140210859
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex, England
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Keywords
- MIDDLE AGES, EUROPE PAPACY SERFDOM FEUDALISM CRUSADES INNOCENT III FRIARS UNIVERSITIES BONIFACE VIII HUNDREDS YEAR WA R AVIGNON BARBARIAN INVASIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Medieval;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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