By William W. Kibler,Grover A. Zinn,John Jr. Bell Henneman,Lawrence Earp

the 1st single-volume reference paintings at the historical past and tradition of medieval France, this information-filled Encyclopedia of over 2,400 entries covers the political, highbrow, literary, and musical heritage of the rustic from the early 5th century to the overdue fifteenth. The shorter entries provide succinct summaries of the lives of people, occasions, works, towns, monuments, and different vital topics, by way of crucial bibliographies. Longer essay-length articles supply interpretive reviews approximately major associations and demanding classes or occasions. The Encyclopedia is completely cross-referenced and features a beneficiant choice of illustrations, maps, charts, and genealogies

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