The New Cambridge Medieval History Volume 7, c.1415}}}c.1500 [Paperback]

A comprehensive, authoritative account of European history c.1415c.1500.The final volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History, the last of seven, covers the last century (interpreted broadly) of the traditional western middle Ages. It takes account of much new research and modern, interdisciplinary approaches to the study and writing of history to present a broad view of late medieval society across Europe. It deals with ideas about government, social and economic change and development, the world of the spirit, as well as the history of individual countries in many of which the powers of central government were greatly extended.The final volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History, the last of seven, covers the last century (interpreted broadly) of the traditional western middle Ages. It takes account of much new research and modern, interdisciplinary approaches to the study and writing of history to present a broad view of late medieval society across Europe. It deals with ideas about government, social and economic change and development, the world of the spirit, as well as the history of individual countries in many of which the powers of central government were greatly extended.This seventh volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History covers the last century (interpreted broadly) of the traditional Western Middle Ages. It takes account of much new research and modern, interdisciplinary approaches to the study and writing of history to present a broad view of late medieval society across Europe. It deals with ideas about government, social and economic change and development, the world of the spirit, as well as the history of individual countries, in many of which the powers of central government were greatly extended.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 clS%