Body Broken: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1300-1525

The Body Broken is a thematic survey of Europe in the late Middle Ages, covering society, economy, individuals, families, communities, trade, technology, exploration, politics, war, chivalry, crusading, religion, institutional Church, Catholic devotion, religious minorities, dissenting beliefs, and religious reformations. It includes maps, tables, illustrations, a chronology, and an annotated bibliography, making it an essential guide for students.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 22 July 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Body Broken: A Thematic Survey of Europe in the Late Middle Ages is a comprehensive exploration of the late Middle Ages, a period marked by significant crisis, conflict, and religious transformation. This updated and revised second edition retains the thematic approach of the first edition, combining interpretive synthesis with careful attention to recent and revisionist scholarship. It also devotes more attention to the histories of women and religious minorities, Renaissance humanism, politics and government in Italy and eastern Europe, and the religious reformations of the early sixteenth century. Examining late medieval and Renaissance Europe in the context of its place within global history, this book covers various key areas, including society and the economy, individuals, families, and communities, trade, technology, exploration, and new discoveries, politics, government, war, chivalry, and crusading, religion, the institutional Church, Catholic devotion, religious minorities and dissenting beliefs and practices, and religious reformations. Equipped with maps, tables, illustrations, a chronology, and an annotated bibliography, The Body Broken is an essential and complete students guide to Europe in the fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries.

Weight: 670g
Dimension: 170 x 251 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138842281
Edition number: 2 New edition