The Body Broken

The Body Broken by Charles F Briggs

Offers a sweeping survey of Europe in the later Middle Ages, examining a period of huge crisis, conflict and religious change. This title takes a thematic approach to the period 1300- 1520, covering topics ranging from the Black Death and the Reformation to the Peasant's Revolt and the Renaissance.

"This is a courageous and ambitious survey, written with verve, occasionally with a touch of asperity, and certainly carrying its reader along" – Reviews in History

"Briggs has done an admirable job of introducing this period of medieval change." – Jason Beveridge, S.A.T.H Resources Review

"This text is a solid introduction to the medieval period. Briggs integrates the most recent scholarship into his historical discussion and provides a wealth of primary source references, supported by a comprehensive list of suggested further reading and a full bibliography. Its clear, concise format with supplemental materials makes The Body Broken a useful addition to any scholar’s library, or course curriculum." - Larissa Tracy, Óenach: FMRSI Reviews

"Professor Briggs has produced a very fine study of the political and social history of the Later Middle Ages. Students will find it both enormously useful and engagingly written. … The Body Broken offers both a vivid description of historical events and a careful analysis of the process of fragmentation that led to the end of medieval Europe and the emergence of a new era." - Charity Urbanski, University of Washington

"[A] beautifully written new textbook... It is a book that can be read with pleasure by students, an interested reading public, and even by experts in the field, who would be familiar with the revisionist research that is found in abundance in the pages of his excellent volume, filled with rich and fascinating details." - John E. Weakland, The European Legacy

Charles F. Briggs is Lecturer in History at the University of Vermont. He has published numerous works on the intellectual and cultural history of medieval Europe, including Giles of Rome’s ‘De regimine principum’: Reading and Writing Politics at Court and University, c. 1275-c. 1525.

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ISBN 13	9780415341509
ISBN 10	0415341507
Title	The Body Broken
Author	Charles F Briggs
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2010-10-01
Number of pages	356
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