A comprehensive, general survey of Europe from the ruins of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Ottoman Turks.
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Maurice Keen is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, where he lectured in medieval history from 1961 to 2000.
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An excellent beginning to Medieval studies.,
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This review is from: The Penguin History of Medieval Europe (Paperback)
I thought that Mr. Keen's book was an excellent read for the student of Medieval history. His accounts and insights of medieval religious and political thought were throughly explained. The author spends a great deal of time on the complex relationships of the Papacy, England, France, Germany, and Italy with each other. The one negative about the book is that the author spends practically no time on medieval Spain. The bibliography was good, though it should be updated. Overall a good short work for someone to get a good basic understanding of Medieval history.
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Couldn't hold my attention,
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I guess I'm just too used to quality fiction. This book seemed rather dry at times, and I found myself finishing a paragraph and not remembering what it was about. In addition (although this is really just a pet peeve of mine), there were sentence fragments that served no artistic purpose and would have been better rendered as full sentences.
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An Excellent Starting Point,
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In just over 300 very readable pages the author provides an excellent overview of Medieval Europe with plenty of leads for a deeper inquiry. Well worth the time.
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Latin Christendom, Christian Europe, King John, Estates General, Charles of Anjou, Hundred Years War, Charles the Bald, Council of Constance, Asia Minor, Council of Basle, Holy City, Simon de Montfort, West Francia, West Franks, King Philip, Ottoman Turks, Peter Lombard, Peter Waldo, Black Prince, Charles the Bold, Holy Sepulchre, John Hus, Pope Boniface, Catholic Europe, Charles of Valois New!
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Latin Christendom, Christian Europe, King John, Estates General, Charles of Anjou, Hundred Years War, Charles the Bald, Council of Constance, Asia Minor, Council of Basle, Holy City, Simon de Montfort, West Francia, West Franks, King Philip, Ottoman Turks, Peter Lombard, Peter Waldo, Black Prince, Charles the Bold, Holy Sepulchre, John Hus, Pope Boniface, Catholic Europe, Charles of Valois New!
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- A History of the Crusades, Volume IV: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States (Art & Architecture of the Crusader States) by Kenneth M. Setton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Making of the Middle Ages by R. W. Southern in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century (Canto) by Steven Runciman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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