Robert Fossier Books

This is the long-awaited second volume of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of recent times. Lavishly illustrated, with many accompanying maps and charts, it presents a synthesis of current scholarly research and interpretation.Volume II begins at the turn of the millennium and covers the extraordinary rebirth of Europe, in terms of demographic expansion, agrarian settlement and organisation, the establishment of towns and villages, the ascendancy of the feudal system, and the appearance of formal states and kingdoms.

An exhaustive general introduction to the medieval world. Vol. III covers the close of the middle ages, an era of crisis, plague, famine, and civil strife as well as one of vigorous economic expansion, intellectual renewal and relgious reformation.

This volume forms the first part of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of recent times. Lavishly illustrated, with numerous accompanying maps and charts, each of the three volumes presents a synthesis of scholarly research and interpretation, translated from the original French and revised thoroughly for an English speaking readership. Volume I spans the beginning of the Middle Ages, a period marked not only by change, plague and civil strife but also by the rise of the Church, the growing importance of Byzantium and the flowering of the Carologian Renaissance. Full coverage is given to East and West, and their artistic heritage is displayed in many of the colour plates. A bibliography is appended as an aid to further investigation, whether by the general reader or by teachers and students of the period. The two further volumes, on 950-1250 and on 1250-1520, are also available. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages is also sold as a three-volume boxed set.

Sein Leben lang hat sich der große französische Historiker Robert Fossier mit dem Mittelalter beschäftigt. Jetzt legt er, als Höhepunkt seines Lebenswerks, ein unkonventionelles Buch über das Leben im Mittelalter vor. 'Ich rede von all dem, was sonst nicht zur Sprache kommt: vom Regen und dem Feuer, vom Wein und den alltäglichen Ritualen, vom Umgang mit der Natur und den Tieren, von der Hacke und der Ernte: also von all dem, was den Menschen im Mittelalter wirklich bewegt hat.' Fossier zeigt uns ein Mittelalter, das alles andere ist als finster, und macht uns bekannt mit Menschen, die gar nicht so anders sind als wir, trotz des halben Jahrtausends, das uns von ihnen trennt.

Tento výkladový slovník je rozsahem i pojetím ojedinělým pokusem představit epochu středověku v celé její šíři a plasticitě. Každé z více než osmi desítek hesel je samostatným esejem.