The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, c.1198–c.1300 (The New Cambridge Medieval History, Series Number 5)

Review"Abulafia is to be congratulated on producing a splendidly coherent volume...the NCMH makes a genuine contribution to a 'balanced and authoritative' coverage of topics, bringing the thirteenth into the twenty-first century." The Medieval Review"Contributors represent an international group of scholars." K. F. Drew, Choice"This is an impressive collection...its completeness, authoritative surveys, and coverage make it indispensable especially for medievalists trying to orient themselves with unfamiliar fields or ones they have not thought about in recent years." Speculum Product DescriptionVolume 5 brings together studies of the political, religious, social and economic history of the whole of Europe and of the Mediterranean world between about 1198 and 1300. 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 vernacular, communications and other aspects of a period in which the frontiers of Latin Christendom were expanding vigorously outward. Attention also is paid to the frontier societies that emerged in Spain, the Baltic and the Mediterranean islands. 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 1198 and 1300. 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 vernacular, communications and other aspects of a period in which the frontiers of Latin Christendom were expanding vigorously outwards; and attention is paid to the frontier societies that emerged in Spain, the Baltic and the Mediterranean islands No mystery is too great for super-sleuth Cam Jansen and her amazing photographic memory! Can Cam help catch the diamond thief? Cam and her friend Eric are sitting at the mall when the jewelry store is robbed. Cam sees the thief, but the police arrest the wrong person. Now it's up to Cam to catch the real criminal! The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books, and Cam is a spunky young heroine whom readers have loved for over two decades. v. 2. c. 700-c. 900 / edited by Rosamond McKitterick v. 3. c. 900-c. 1024 / edited by Timothy Reuter v. 4, pts. 1-2. c. 1024-c. 1198 / edited by David Luscombe and Jonathan Riley-Smith v. 5. c. 1198-c. 1300 / edited by David Abulafia v. 6. c. 1300-c. 1415 / edited by Michael Jones. v. 7. c. 1415-c. 1500 / edited by Christopher Allmand. THE thirteenth century was an era of growing population, extensive land clearance, expanding towns and rapid social mobility. A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds