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Between 1095 and 1229, Western Europe confronted a series of alternative cultural possibilities that would fundamentally transform its social structures, its intellectual life, and its very identity. It was a period of difficult decisions and anxiety rather than a triumphant "renaissance." In this fresh reassessment of the twelfth century, John D. Cotts: ¿ shows how new social, economic and religious options challenged Europeans to re-imagine their place in the world ¿ provides an overview of political life and detailed examples of the original thought and religious enthusiasm of the time ¿ presents the Crusades as the century's defining movement…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Between 1095 and 1229, Western Europe confronted a series of alternative cultural possibilities that would fundamentally transform its social structures, its intellectual life, and its very identity. It was a period of difficult decisions and anxiety rather than a triumphant "renaissance." In this fresh reassessment of the twelfth century, John D. Cotts: ¿ shows how new social, economic and religious options challenged Europeans to re-imagine their place in the world ¿ provides an overview of political life and detailed examples of the original thought and religious enthusiasm of the time ¿ presents the Crusades as the century's defining movement
Autorenporträt
John D. Cotts is Professor of History at Whitman College, USA. He is the author of The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century (2009).