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Middle Ages
(500-1500)

By Albrecht Classen (University of Arizona)

Indexing Data:

  • Domain: Politics, Culture, Literature, Music, Visual Arts, Architecture, Philosophy, Religion.
  • Country: Britain, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany, Prussia, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Moravia, the Balkans, Hungary, Arabia, North Africa, Palestine, Scandinavia, Finland, Sweden, Norway.

Context

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Introduction
Historical and Geographical Considerations
Social Structure
Literary History
Philosophical and Religious Thought
Mystical Literature
Jewish History and Literature
The End of the Middle Ages
Conclusion
Suggested Reading

Introduction

The European Middle Ages, despite its foreignness (alterity) and chronological distance from us today, exert tremendous fascination on people in the modern and

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Published 18 December 2003

Citation: Classen, Albrecht. "Middle Ages". The Literary Encyclopedia. 18 December 2003.
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