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The period of the tenth and early eleventh centuries was crucial in the

formation of Europe, much of whose political geography and larger-

scaledivisionsbegantotakeshapeatthistime.Itwasalsoaneraof great

fragmentation, and hence of diﬀerences which have been magniﬁed by

modern national historiographical traditions. The international team of

authorsinthisvolumeof The New Cambridge Medieval History reﬂectsthese

varyingtraditions,andprovidesanauthoritative survey of theperiodin

itsownterms.

The volume is divided into three sections. The ﬁrstcoverscommon

themes and topics such as the economy, government, and religious cul-

tural and intellectual life. The second is devoted to the kingdoms and

principalities which had emerged within the area of the former

Carolingian empire, as well as the ‘honorary Carolingian’regionof

England. The ﬁnal section deals with the emergent principalities of

easternEuropeandthenewandestablishedempiresandstateletsof the

Mediterraneanworld.

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TIMOTHY REUTER

Professor of Medieval History

University of Southampton

The New Cambdridge Medieval History 3, 900-1024 - Prof.Timothy Reuter.pdf