Trade Paperback; Near Fine; Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Pictorial Wraps. First Thus. 5.25 x 7.75". Light shelfwear/edgewear, with light soiling/discoloring to wraps, inked price on flyleaf, otherwise in excellent condition, with no previous-owner markings. Originally published in 1953 as "From Roman Empire to Renaissance Europe." This revised edition was first published in hard cover in 1964. The book documents changes in European society during a period encompassing A. D. 300 to 1700. 174 pages, index, bibliography. Atrractive cover illustration of a medieval village by Al Nagy.
Denys Hay was a historian specializing in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and notable for demonstrating the influence of Italy on events in the rest of the continent. He taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1954, eventually becoming Professor of Medieval History until he retired in 1980, and is remembered with the "Denys Hay Seminar" there. His final posting was to the European University Institute in Florence, where he was Professor in the History Department.