Christopher Brooke was een Britse medievist met een focus op kerkgeschiedenis. Zijn werk verdiepte zich in de complexiteit van het middeleeuwse religieuze leven en de impact ervan op de samenleving. Brooke onderzocht het spirituele en institutionele landschap van die tijd met nauwkeurigheid en inzicht. Zijn onderzoek verlicht de vorming van middeleeuws Europa.
A practical handbook for retired investors and those approaching retirement explores the ways in which a shift from a "wealth accumulation" to a "wealth preservation" approach affects investment strategy, discussing a variety of retirement investment options, including real estate, health care, leisure, construction, entertainment, and the future of stocks, bonds, and dividends.
The 400 years covered by this volume saw two Danish invasions and the Norman Conquest of England. Each conquest carried with it extensive political and social changes. Alfred began the work of creating a unified kingdom out of the shambles of the smaller kingdoms that had fallen under Viking raids. The ninth and tenth centuries saw the settlement of the Danes and the eleventh the emergence of a strong monarchy under the Danish King Cnut. "With the English kingdom grew up the first semblance of national institutions," writes Professor Brooks--institutions of central and local government which made the English monarchy among the most mature in the Europe of its time.... These established institutions were not destroyed by the Normans; they adapted and developed them. Although England had had close ties with the continent before the Conquest, after 1066 English cultural and social life was greatly enriched through the French influence. During this time the Church was finding new inspiration in monastic and papal reform and a great intellectual revival culminated in the creation of universities. Professor Brooke describes all the cultural and political developments of these years and shows how the reign of Henry III ushered in a "great age of art and architecture" and a "new attitude to government," which began to work by consent of the governed.
An introduction which explores the emergence of the distinctive character of medievel Europe from 962-1154. The text covers key themes including the reform and revival of the Papcy, the heyday of the medieval Empire, the rise of the Normans and the early Crusades.
An extensively illustrated collection of essays by noted scholars which examine in depth six aspects of the medieval life and culture of Europe: the monastic world; the cathedrals, courts and castles; death and the afterlife; scholarships and universities; and industry, money and trade.