The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 7, c.1415–c.1500

A comprehensive, authoritative account of European history c.1415–c.1500.

Christopher Allmand (Edited by)

9781107460768, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 May 2015

1088 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 5.4 cm, 1.4 kg

'This is a triumphant final volume of the series, which will enrich historical literature for a long time to come.' Jeremy Catto, The English Historical Review

This volume covers the last century (interpreted broadly) of the traditional western Middle Ages. Often seen as a time of doubt, decline and division, the period is shown here as a period of considerable innovation and development, much of which resulted from a conscious attempt by contemporaries to meet the growing demands of society and to find practical solutions to the social, religious and political problems which beset it. The volume consists of four sections. Part I focuses on both the ideas and other considerations which guided men as they sought good government, and on the practical development of representation. Part II deals with aspects of social and economic development at a time of change and expansion. Part III discusses the importance of the life of the spirit: religion, education and the arts. Moving from the general to the particular, Part IV concerns itself with the history of the countries of Europe, emphasis being placed on the growth of the nation states of the 'early modern' world.

List of plates
List of maps
List of genealogical tables
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Part I. Government: 1. Politics: theory and practice Jean-Philippe Genet
2. Representation (since the thirteenth century) Wim Blockmans
Popes and councils Antony Black
Part II. Economic and Social Developments: 4. The European nobility Philippe Contamine
5. Rural Europe Christopher Dyer
6. Urban Europe Barrie Dobson
7. Commerce and trade Wendy Childs
8. War Christopher Allmand
9. Exploration and discovery Felipe Fernàndez-Armesto
Part III. Spiritual, Cultural and Artistic Life: 10. Religious belief and practice Francis Rapp
11. Schools and universities Jacques Verger
12. Humanism Robert Black
13. Manuscripts and books Malcolm Vale
14. The beginning of printing David McKitterick
15. Architecture and painting Paul Crossley
16. Music Gareth Curtis
Part IV. The Development of European States: 17. Germany and the Empire Tom Scott
18. Hus, the Hussites and Bohemia John Klassen
19. France (a) France at the end of the Hundred Years War (c.1420–61) Malcolm Vale
(b) The recovery of France, 1450–1520 Bernard Chevalier
20. Burgundy Bertrand Schnerb
21. England (a) Lancastrian England Edward Powell (b) Yorkist and early Tudor England Rosemary Horrox
22. The Celtic world (a) Ireland Art Cosgrove (b) Scotland: 1406–1513 Jenny Wormald
23. Italy (a) the northern Italian states Michael Mallett (b) The papal states and the kingdom of Naples Alan Ryder
24. The Iberian peninsula (a) Aragon Mario Del Treppo (b) Castile and Navarre Angus MacKay (c) Portugal, Armindo de Sousa
25. The Swiss Confederation Roger Sablonier
26. The states of Scandinavia c.1390–c.1536 Thomas Riis
27. Hungary: crown and estates Janos Bak
28. The kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania, 1370–1506 Aleksander Gieysztor
Russia Nancy Shields Kollmann
30. Byzantium: the Roman Orthodox world, 1393–1492 Anthony Bryer
31. The Latin east Anthony Luttrell
32. The Ottoman world Elizabeth Zachariadou
Conclusion Christopher Allmand
Appendix: genealogical tables
Primary sources and secondary works arranged by chapter
General index.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], European history [HBJD]