Category: History - European

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931 [Editor]; Austin, Walter F. (Walter Forward), 1872- [Editor]; Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 [Editor]; Rudd, John, LL. D. [Editor]· 2 chapters· 156,132 words

It was during the period of about one hundred fifty years, extending from the middle of the twelfth to the close of the thirteenth century, that the features of our modern civilization began to assume a recognizable form. The age was characterized by the decline of feudalism,...