Edited by André Vauchez
Translated by Adrian Walford
3,000 entries
A collaborative work of over 600 scholars from more than forty countries, the
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.
André Vauchez is director of the French School in Rome.
e-reference edition ISBN: 0195188179
Print edition publication date: 2001
Publishing history: First published 1997 in French by Editions du Cerf; first published in English in 2001 by James Clarke and Co.
Copyright: © 2001 by James Clarke and Co.
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