Western Europe in the Middle Ages: A Short History by Strayer, Joseph R - 1955

USA: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1955. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Purple cover with black illustration, white titles, quite clean, slight wear to edges, solid and square. Few of the last pages with slight rumpling of upper corners, otherwise quite clean, no underlining or highlghting, no marks. The Middle Ages exrtends from the fifth century with the decline of the Roman Empire to the fifteenth century with the beginnings of modern European civilization. There are arugments against this time frame but it is generally the time period called Medieval History or the Middle Ages. This book deals with: I The Making of Europe: The Roman Empire; the Church; the Germanic Invasions; the End of Mediterranean Unity; The Work of Charlemagne. II The Years of Transition: Collapse of the Carolingian Empire-Feudalism; The Revival of the Empire-Germany and Italy; The Renewal of Western Civilization. III The Flowering of Medieval Civilization: Twelfth Century; Christendom; Secular Government; New Ideas and Their Expression in the 12th Century. IV The Medieval Summer: 13th Century: Papal Monarchy-Innocent III; Papal Monarchy-The Popes and the Hohenstaufen; The Rise of the Secular State; Economic, Intellectual, and Artistic Activities in the 13th Century. V The Long Autumn: Failure of the Secular States. 245 pages with index. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Appleton-Century-Crofts Publisher, USA 1955.