This Encyclopedia gathers together the most recent scholarship on Medieval Italy, while offering a sweeping view of all aspects of life in Italy during the Middle Ages. This two volume, illustrated, A-Z reference is a cross-disciplinary resource for information on literature, history, the arts, science, philosophy and religion in Italy between AD 450 and 1375.
Featuring nearly 1,000 entries running from a concise 100 to a comprehensive length of 10,000 words, Medieval Italy depicts every aspect of the time and place, with all its apparent contradictions. Encompassing public and private life, the sacred and the profane, this unique work includes accounts of lucre and revenge alongside coverage of great strides in education and the arts, depicting the many variegated hues that constituted the medieval Italian world and heralded the advent of the renaissance.
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