Christopher
Kleinhenz, Richard Lansing, eds.
Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia.
London: Routledge, Nov 2003.
2176 pages (2 volume set).
Hardback ISBN
0415939291.
Publisher's
recommended price £205.00
This
Encyclopedia
gathers together the most recent scholarship on Medieval Italy, while
offering
a sweeping view of all aspects of life in Italy during the Middle Ages.
This two volume, illustrated, A-Z reference is a cross-disciplinary
resource
for information on literature, history, the arts, science, philosophy
and
religion in Italy between AD 450 and 1375. Featuring
nearly
1,000 entries running from a concise 100 to a comprehensive length of
10,000
words, Medieval Italy depicts every aspect of the time and
place,
with all its apparent contradictions. Encompassing public and private
life,
the sacred and the profane, this unique work includes accounts of lucre
and revenge alongside coverage of great strides in education and the
arts,
depicting the many variegated hues that constituted the medieval
Italian
world and heralded the advent of the renaissance.
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