Western Europe in the Middle Ages: A Short History Second Edition

Pacific Palisades, California, USA: Goodyear Publishing Company, 1974. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Second Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition.Wrap-around cover art of lime-green with black line drawing of medieval scene, white titles, quite clean and unmarked, slight wear to edges, solid and square.pages also quite clean, no underlining or highlghting, no marks. The Middle Ages exrtends from the fifth century with the decline of the Roman Empire to the fifteenth century with the beginnings of modern European civilization. There are arugments against this time frame but it is generally the time period called Medieval History or the Middle Ages. This book is an attempt to give in the briefest form possible an interpretation of the rise and fall, the nature and contributions, of medieval civilizations This Second Edition takes account of some scholarly research work on the Middle Ages taking place after the First Edition, corrects some errors, updates the bibliography, and the author's appraisal of the 14th century has been somewhat modified. Contents: 1. The Making of Europe: The Roman Empire; the Church; the Germanic Invasions; the End of Mediterranean Unity; The Work of Charlemagne. 2. The Years of Transition: Collapse of the Carolingian Empire-Feudalism; The Revival of the Empire-Germany and Italy; The Renewal of Western Civilization. 3. The Flowering of Medieval Civilization: Twelfth Century; Christendom; Secular Government; New Ideas and Their Expression in the 12th Century. 4.The edieval Summer: 13th Century: Papal Monarchy-Innocent III; Papal Monarchy-The Popes and the Hohenstaufen; The Rise of the Secular State; Economic, Intellectual, and Artistic Activities in the 13th Century. 5. The Long Autumn: Failure of the Secular States. 245 pages with index. 5. 8 x 9 inches. 1974, Goodyear Publishing Company, Pacific Palisades, California, USA