Medieval Horizons

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795301111
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Horizons written by Ian Mortimer and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuries created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating book, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. Life was utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare. Just as The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the era as a whole. It outlines the enormous cultural changes that took place - from literacy to living standards, inequality and even the developing sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as a revolutionary age of fundamental importance in the development of the Western world.

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1847927440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Horizons written by Ian Mortimer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. All aspects of life were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare. Just as Ian Mortimer's bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England revealed what it was like to live in the fourteenth century, Medieval Horizons provides the perfect primer to the period as a whole. It outlines the enormous cultural changes that took place - from literacy to living standards, inequality and even the developing sense of self - thereby correcting misconceptions and presenting the period as a revolutionary era, of fundamental importance in the development of the Western world.

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Medieval Horizons" by Ian Mortimer challenges the notion that the Middle Ages were a stagnant period devoid of significant change. Contrary to the belief that technological advancements are the sole drivers of societal transformation, the book argues that the medieval era saw profound shifts in social structures, cultural practices, and worldviews. Mortimer examines ten instances where the expansion of literal and metaphorical horizons indicates substantial social and cultural change, often overlooked due to the era's underestimation...

Author : Franciscus Anastasius Liere
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521865786
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Medieval Bible written by Franciscus Anastasius Liere and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible account of the Bible in the Middle Ages that traces the formation of the medieval canon.

Author : Julia Bray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134171544
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam written by Julia Bray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the ‘formative period of Islamic thought’, the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category. Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.

Author : Otto Pächt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781872501765
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Illumination in the Middle Ages written by Otto Pächt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on lectures given at the University of Vienna, this book examines all types of book decoration and illumination between late Antiquity and the Renaissance from the point of view of format and style. Pacht explains the basic vocabulary and concepts by which this art-form is to be understood, and offers insights into the philosophy, theology, technology and culture underlying its history. His subjects include pictorial decoration in the organic structure of the book; the initial; bible illustration; didactic miniatures; illustration of the apocalypse; illustration of the psalter; the conflict of surface and space. Now available in paperback.

Author : Melitta Weiss Adamson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135547890
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food in the Middle Ages written by Melitta Weiss Adamson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Clint Twist
Publisher : Heinemann/Raintree
ISBN 13 : 9780811472517
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marco Polo written by Clint Twist and published by Heinemann/Raintree. This book was released on 1994 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the journey of Marco Polo, describes what he would have seen in China, and places the age of Kublai Khan, and its interest in the outside world, in the context of Chinese history

Author : Jim Brown
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789699371
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Opposite to the Hospital of St John: Excavations in Medieval Northampton 2014 written by Jim Brown and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken at a building site in Northampton in 2014. The location was of interest as it lay opposite the former medieval hospital of St. John, which influenced the development of this area of the town.

Author : Malcolm Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750938747
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Middle Ages written by Malcolm Jones and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, hatred, crime and punishment, proverbs, heaven on earth, husband-beating -- all feature in the jewellery, tableware, illustrations, carvings and textiles of the period. This book offers a major reassessment of the high medieval period. It will be essential reading for medievalists and those interested in the history of language and customs. ......