A Short History of the Middle Ages, Sixth Edition

by Barbara H. Rosenwein

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages , Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period ( c .300 to c .1500) or of the fate of the heirs of the Roman Empire. Its lively and informative narrative covers the major events, political and religious movements, men and women, saints and sinners, economic and cultural changes, ideals, fears, and fantasies of the period in Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. A comprehensive new map program, updated for the global reach of this edition, offers a way to visualize the era’s enormous political, economic, and religious changes. Line drawings make clear archaeological finds and architectural structures All of the maps, genealogies, and figures in the book, as well as practice questions and suggested answers, are available at utphistorymatters.com,

Genres: History, Academic

384 pages, Paperback

Published January 16, 2023

About the author

Prof. Barbara Rosenwein was the Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford for the year 2014-2015.

Barbara H. Rosenwein (Ph.D. (1974), B.A. (1966), University of Chicago) is a professor at Loyola University Chicago. An internationally renowned historian, she has been a guest professor at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France; the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France; the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and most recently at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2009, Rosenwein has been an affiliated research scholar at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University in London. She was a scholar in residence at the American Academy in Rome in 2001-2002 and was elected Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America in 2003.

Reviews

[Xime · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book for a detailed rundown of the Middle Ages but I really did not enjoy how it's structured.

[Lotus Ederveen · Rating 3 out of 5]

spoiler: de pausen en de koningen zijn allemaal echt kinderachtig. Bemoei je met je eigen zaken en voer geen investituurstrijd

[Crotchet · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this period of history is not among my favourites, this book deserves some praise. The structuring felt natural, the writing was relatively easy to understand and the book has lots of images with interesting descriptions to help better understand the subjects. There are a few extra chapters about material history in this book that go deeper into the middle ages as opposed to the (obviously) more basic information throughout the book, which I think adds to it. I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about the middle ages.

[Len]

i did not enjoy that

[Nicole ♥ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read it for class, also I do not like this part of history a whole lot...

[Iz Cerciello · Rating 2 out of 5]

dry

[Aleah]

Expansive, relatively-concise, and non Anglo-centric overview of the Middle Ages. Chapters part of class assignments, but enjoyed the full work - a LOT of information flows together nicely.

[Shara T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

super informative reading since I didn't know much about the Middle Ages outside of basic Western European facts.