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THE MEDIEVAL EXPANSION OF EUROPE
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| By: |
J. R. S. Phillips |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£100.00 |
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£87.50 |
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£12.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198207409 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198207405 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 October, 1998 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
Between 1000 and 1500, a remarkable series of events unfolded as the Vikings discovered North America, the Crusaders took Syria and Palestine, Marco Polo and John of Monte Corvino travelled to China and lured by gold, Jaime Ferrer set off for West Africa. This is a book about medieval Europe's encounter with the wider world. In this detailed and exciting survey, J.R.S. Phillips describes the actual journeys, explores the many myths and legends, and sets the stage forthe even greater exploits of Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and their successors. For this Clarendon Paperback edition, Professor Phillips has added a new introduction and a bibliographical essay, surveying recent work in what is becoming a thriving area of new research. |
| Synopsis: |
Between the year 1000 and the middle of the fourteenth century a remarkable series of events unfolded as Europeans made contact with a very substantial part of the inhabited world, much of it never previously known to or suspected by them. Leif Ericsson and other Vikings from Greenland discovered North America; European crusading armies established themselves in Syria and Palestine; Marco Polo and other Italian merchants, and missionaries such as John of Monte Corvino penetrated the dominions of the Mongol great Khans as far as China; the Vivaldi brothers sought to open a sea route to India; Jaime Ferrer was lured by dreams of locating the source of West African gold; and the Atlantic island groups, the canaries, Madeira, and the Azores, were all discovered. For this Clarendon Paperback edition, Professor Phillips has added a new Foreword and Conclusion, as well as a bibliographical essay, surveying recent work in what is becoming a thriving area of research. |
| Illustrations: |
8 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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Returnable |
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