The Worlds of Medieval Europe
by Clifford R. Backman
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Author: Clifford R. BackmanBrand: NA
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-11
ISBN: 0195335279
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Acceptable, but not wholly factual
Summary: 3 Stars
This is not the best nor the worst intro to medieval Europe. It can be interesting and a little less dry than other historical works but some of his opinions and facts are shaky, like his account of Sylvester III. A better choice might be Davis' or Riddle's medieval histories, yet I have used some of this work when writing essays. In combination with other works this one is OK, since you can compare them, but on its own some of the facts and conclusions are a little out there or simply incorrect. The church is not one of his strong suits, for that look to Davis, but some of his Viking incursion era material was interesting, though I disagree with his view about polygamy adding to overpopulation.
Sadly no medieval intro seems wholly satisfying, and they keep on making Latin mistakes (Backman has "iquisitio" in the index instead of "inquisitio," Riddle goes on a rant in the Epilogue about the phrase "deus veritatem est" and how it could mean "God is truth" or "a god is truth" etc, sadly it means God eats truth, he meant to write "deus veritas est," Davis misspells foederati twice.) I doubt you care much about Latin errors, but my point is don't trust it just because it's in a book, especially this one.
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