1970
xi, [1], 267 p.: Thirty-two unpaginated pages, containing 36 illustrations; 17.75 cm. (7 inches). Paperback, with glossy, illustrated color front cover, featuring a black and white portrait of Princess Isabella of Savoy by Frans Pourbus II. Includes Index.
"In this volume, one necessarily becomes aware of the more deeply buried and, from some points of view, more revealing history of the Western European nations in their progress from medieval to modern. The Age of Courts and Kings fascinatingly portrays a world of everyday life; it traces the social ambience not only of kings, courtiers and hangers-on, who dominated the period, but of the poor and the rising middle class, whose growing commercial affluence made possible their intellectual and artistic refinement. Erlanger anatomizes the people - their commerce, their religious beliefs, education and family life, their sports and forms of amusement - and he makes ample use of contemporary documentary accounts that lend both flavor and credence to his statements" [from the back cover].
Book is in Very Good Plus Condition: as noted, surname of previous owner written at top of half-title page; otherwise pages and illustrations are bright, clean, tight, and unmarked; slight creasing on both covers and spine. Overall, very nice copy.
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