title: The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 1, c.500-c.700
author: Paul Fouracre
description: 'The New Cambridge Medieval History is complete. ... Paul Fouracre has provided a worthy addition to this prestigious series. ... the volume includes excellent surveys of Scandinavian history by Lotte Hedeager, Slavic history by Zbigniew Kobylinski and numerous essays on the British Isles. ... coverage of early medieval European history is thorough and balanced. ... especial praise must be given to the excellent summary of 'The barbarian invasions' by Guy Halsall - sure to become indispensable to a new generation of undergraduates - to Simon Loseby's stimulating account of 'The Mediterranean economy' and, perhaps most strikingly, to Michael Toch's discussion of 'The Jews in Europe, 500-1050', which takes the reader beyond the chronological confines of the volume as a whole, but with richly rewarding results. ... the contributions are all fluidly written, stimulating and a pleasure to read. The comprehensive index and useful thematic bibliographies further ensure that this volume will be an essential reference tool for years to come.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
zlib_text: Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
  The ﬁfth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History brings
  together studies of the political, religious, social and economic
  history of the whole of Europe and of the Mediterranean world
  between about  and � .
  Comprehensive coverage of the developments in western
  Europe is balanced by attention to the east of Europe, including
  the Byzantine world, and the Islamic lands in Spain, North Africa
  and the Levant. Thematic articles look at the ﬁne arts, the vernacu-
  lar, communications and other aspects of a period in which the
  frontiers of Latin Christendom were expanding vigorously out-
  wards; and attention is paid to the frontier societies that emerged in
  Spain, the Baltic and the Mediterranean islands.
  
  Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
  
  Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
  The New Cambridge Medieval History
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