This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late-tenth to the early-13th centuries. Professor Moore argues that the period witnessed the first true "revolution" in European society, characterized by a transformation in the economy, in family structures, and in the sources of power.
"This is a remarkable book... it can function as a synthesis of thebest studies for upper-division undergraduates or graduatestudents. It is so well researched and argued that even though itasks the reader to accept yet one more period as revolutionary, itis entirely convincing." History: Reviews of New Books
"A volume which is consistently intelligent and stimulating, notleast because it draws on the insights of social anthropology andof other periods and places in history than its own ... it is theessence of a good book that it should open the reader's mind andsharpen his arguments. By that token this is assuredly a goodbook." Ecclesiastical History
"A volume which is consistently intelligent and stimulating, notleast because it draws on the insights of social anthropology andof other periods and places in history than its own ... it is theessence of a good book that it should open the reader's mind andsharpen his arguments. By that token this is assuredly a goodbook." Ecclesiastical History