The Medieval Expansion of Europe by J R S Phillips
This detailed study draws on a large, often controversial body of evidence to show how the medieval tradition of exploration was rooted in Classical ideas of the world, and how the age of the Vikings, Marco Polo, and the crusaders paved the way for the famous voyages of the Renaissance.-
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Aesthetics
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Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries
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How Are We to Live?
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Existentialism
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An Introduction to Children's Literature
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This Stage-Play World
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Christianity in the West, 1400-1700
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Why Humans Have Cultures
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Early Modern France 1560-1715
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Twentieth-Century South Africa
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Aristotle the Philosopher
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The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830
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Eighteenth-Century English Society
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Understanding Plato
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Twentieth-Century French Philosophy
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Thinking About Logic
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Moral Philosophy
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The Modern American Novel
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Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1990
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Fundacion Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote (Opus 16)
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Modern Japanese Society 1868-1994
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The French Revolution
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The Structure of the Universe
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Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
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Law and Modern Society
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Devolution in the United Kingdom
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Religion and the People of Western Europe, 1789-1970
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Germany Since 1945
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Linguistic Criticism
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Ancient Greek Literature
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The Problems of Physics
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Logic and Its Limits
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Harvest of the Sixties
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The Two Irelands, 1912-1939
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Opus: Student Book 3
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Hinduism
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Charlottenhof, Potsdam-Sanssouci
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The World Since 1945
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Opus 3
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The Problems of Chemistry
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Berger & Parkkinen Nordische Botschaften, Berlin
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Stuler/Strack/Merz. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
`Phillips provides an excellent and very readable synthesis' Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
'Well-written, provocative, suitable for students.' C. More, St Paul & St Mary, Cheltenham
'This excellent and fascinating book explores the relations between western Europe and Asia, Africa and America between c AD 1000 and 1500...Phillips has covered an enormous range in his book, as is shown by his judicious, comprehensive and up-to-date critical bibliography...at once an extremely able work of synthesis and a book with a clear and persuasive thesis of its own.' D.O.Morgan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
'excellent and fascinating book ... at once an extremely able work of synthesis and a book with a clear and persuasive thesis of its own' D.O. Morgan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
'this study deserves an unqualified welcome as a lucid account of a fascinating topic' Alan Ryder, University of Bristol, History No. 243 Feb 1990
'Phillips's book is full of fascinating detail, as well as being clear, wide-ranging and equipped with a useful bibliography.' John E. Law, Welsh History Review
'the best available survey of medieval knowledge of and contact with the lands beyond Europe before 1492' James Muldoon, Rutgers University, Journal of World History, Fall 1990
'Well-written, provocative, suitable for students.' C. More, St Paul & St Mary, Cheltenham
'This excellent and fascinating book explores the relations between western Europe and Asia, Africa and America between c AD 1000 and 1500...Phillips has covered an enormous range in his book, as is shown by his judicious, comprehensive and up-to-date critical bibliography...at once an extremely able work of synthesis and a book with a clear and persuasive thesis of its own.' D.O.Morgan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
'excellent and fascinating book ... at once an extremely able work of synthesis and a book with a clear and persuasive thesis of its own' D.O. Morgan, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
'this study deserves an unqualified welcome as a lucid account of a fascinating topic' Alan Ryder, University of Bristol, History No. 243 Feb 1990
'Phillips's book is full of fascinating detail, as well as being clear, wide-ranging and equipped with a useful bibliography.' John E. Law, Welsh History Review
'the best available survey of medieval knowledge of and contact with the lands beyond Europe before 1492' James Muldoon, Rutgers University, Journal of World History, Fall 1990
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192891235 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192891235 |
| Title | The Medieval Expansion of Europe |
| Author | J R S Phillips |
| Series | Opus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1988-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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