Italy in the Central Middle Ages 1000-1300

David Abulafia, "Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000-1300"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0199247048, 019924703X | PDF | pages: 314 | 2.5 mb
Incorporating the latest developments in the study of the period, a team of leading international scholars provides a fresh and dynamic picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.