What's new in the Middle Ages?
| N° d'inventaire | 20330 |
| Format | 20 x 26 |
| Détails | 192 p., numerous illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Drawing on the results of recent excavations and historical research, each chapter takes a look at daily life in the countryside, progressive urbanization, the art of construction, industries, scientific knowledge, the relationship to death, etc. Carefully illustrated, the book places the medieval European world in a broader context, linking it with other commercial fronts that were taking off at the same time in the East and Africa. It also highlights the inventions and innovations that marked the Middle Ages, in terms of legislation, architecture, techniques, medical know-how, cartography and maritime navigation, as well as expressions that we have inherited. In counterpoint, the sections "The Middle Ages and Us" give voice to contemporary people from various backgrounds (visual artist, organic farmer, schoolchild, etc.) who share their personal or professional perception of the Middle Ages. These are all traces that reveal the plurality of the Middle Ages, far from the obscurantism to which we would like to reduce it.
Drawing on the results of recent excavations and historical research, each chapter takes a look at daily life in the countryside, progressive urbanization, the art of construction, industries, scientific knowledge, the relationship to death, etc. Carefully illustrated, the book places the medieval European world in a broader context, linking it with other commercial fronts that were taking off at the same time in the East and Africa. It also highlights the inventions and innovations that marked the Middle Ages, in terms of legislation, architecture, techniques, medical know-how, cartography and maritime navigation, as well as expressions that we have inherited. In counterpoint, the sections "The Middle Ages and Us" give voice to contemporary people from various backgrounds (visual artist, organic farmer, schoolchild, etc.) who share their personal or professional perception of the Middle Ages. These are all traces that reveal the plurality of the Middle Ages, far from the obscurantism to which we would like to reduce it.