Contact and Exchange in Later Medieval Europe - Essays in Honour of Malcolm Vale (Hardcover)

The complexity of the interplay and relationships over various borders in medieval Europe is here fully teased out. The processes by which ideas, objects, texts and political thought and experience moved across boundaries in the Middle Ages form the focus of this book, which also seeks to reassess the nature of the boundaries themselves; it thus appropriately reflects a major theme of Dr Malcolm Vale's work, which the essays collected here honour. They suggest ways of breaking down established historiographical paradigms of Europe as a set of distinct polities, achieving a more nuanced picture in which people and objects were constantly moving, and challenging previous conceptions of units and borders. The first section examines the construction of boundaries and units in the later Middle Ages, via topics ranging from linguistic units to social stratifications, and geographically from the Netherlands and Scotland to Gascony and the Iberian peninsula; it reveals how much the relationship between exchange and boundaries was reciprocal. The second section considers the mechanisms by which it took place, from West Africa to Italy and Flanders, and discusses the actual exchange of people, texts, and unusual artefacts. Overall, the essays bear witness to the constant interplay and interconnections throughout medieval Europe and beyond. Contributors: Paul Booth, Maria Joao Violante Branco, Rita Costa-Gomes, Mario Damen, Jan Dumolyn, Jean Dunbabin, Jean-PhilippeGenet, Michael Jones, Maurice Keen, Frederique Lachaud, Patrick Lantschner, Guilhem Pepin, R.L.J. Shaw, Hannah Skoda, Erik Spindler, John Watts.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Hannah Skoda • Patrick Lantschner (Author) • R. L. J. Shaw
Contributors:	Erik Spindler • Frederique Lachaud • Guilhem Pepin • Hannah Skoda • Jan Dumolyn • Jean Dunbabin • Jean-Philippe Genet
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-1-84383-738-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-84383-738-2
Barcode:	9781843837381

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