Medieval Europe 400 - 1500

This book traces across the millennium of the Middle Ages the gradual crystallisation of a new and distinctive European identity. Koenigsberger covers the Islamic, Byzantine and central Asian worlds in his account which explains Europe's progression from chaos and collapse to the point where it was set to rule much of the world.

H. G. Koenlgsberger was. from 1973 to his retirement in 1984, Professor of History at King's College, University of London. He was formerly Professor of Early Modern History at Cornell University. His books include Europe in the Sixteenth Century (written with George L. Mosse) in Longman's General History of Europe series.