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The birth of Europe / by Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

By: Le Goff, Jacques, 1924-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Making of Europe.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005Description: x, 274 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0631228888 (alk. paper).Uniform titles: Europe est-elle nâee au moyen âge. English Subject(s): Middle Ages -- History | Civilization, Medieval | Europe -- History -- 476-1492DDC classification: 940.1
Contents:
Introduction -- Preludes: Before the Middle Ages -- The Conception of Europe (Fourth to Eighth Centuries) -- An Aborted Europe: The Carolingian World (Eighth to Tenth Centuries) -- A Dream of Europe and the Potential Europe of the Year 1000 -- Feudal Europe (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries) -- The "Fine" Europe of Towns and Universities (Thirteenth Century) -- The Autumn of the Middle Ages or the Spring of a New Age? -- Conclusion.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 940.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00079378
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.

"[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that other precious element of history: time." The Guardian
"A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff... has been the bravest and best of champions for medieval history. This book... is in every sense an inspiration." BBC History Magazine
Praised by prominent figures in Europe and history including: Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH, Former Member of the European Commission, and Neil Kinnock, Vice-President, European Commission.

Bibliography: (pages 211-251) and index.

Introduction -- Preludes: Before the Middle Ages -- The Conception of Europe (Fourth to Eighth Centuries) -- An Aborted Europe: The Carolingian World (Eighth to Tenth Centuries) -- A Dream of Europe and the Potential Europe of the Year 1000 -- Feudal Europe (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries) -- The "Fine" Europe of Towns and Universities (Thirteenth Century) -- The Autumn of the Middle Ages or the Spring of a New Age? -- Conclusion.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Series Editors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Conception of Europe (Fourth to Eighth Centuries)
  • 2 An Aborted Europe: The Carolingian World (Eighth to Tenth Centuries)
  • 3 A Dream of Europe and the Potential Europe of the Year 1000
  • 4 Feudal Europe (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries)
  • 5 The "Fine" Europe of Towns and Universities (Thirteenth Century)
  • 6 The Autumn of the Middle Ages or the Spring of a New Age?
  • Conclusion
  • Chronology
  • A Selective Thematic Bibliography
  • Index

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CHOICE Review

The original French title, which translates as Was Europe Born in the Middle Ages?, better describes this book. Not surprisingly, this very eminent, much published medievalist answers in the affirmative, indicating through six chronological chapters how many of the social patterns, institutions, and cultural characteristics of today's increasingly united Europe were pioneered in the 1,100 years between Constantine and Columbus. Le Goff (L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) constantly relates his historic exposition to a consideration of Europe's current role in the world and the challenges it faces. A much-utilized rhetorical mechanism is to frame his discussion in categorical terms of "the Europe of this or that" ("of towns," "of taxes," "of speech," "of tolerance," "of peace," "of Eros," etc). Along the way, he frequently mentions the research of other modern scholars, predominantly French ones, and occasionally takes issue with them. Le Goff also provides a lengthy "selective thematic bibliography," but no footnotes. No matter, for the author draws upon his deep learning to present a stimulating, sometimes provocative, always instructive answer to the question he posed. ^BSumming Up: Highly Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. R. C. Figueira Lander University

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jacques Le Goff is Professor of History at L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

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