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Robert Bartlett is a British medieval historian whose research concerns European society, religious change, political expansion, and cultural interaction during the Middle Ages. His 1993 book The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350 examines the expansion of Latin Christian institutions and political power into regions beyond the older core of western Europe. The book is used by readers studying medieval expansion, migration, and cultural transformation.
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What is The Making of Europe by Robert Bartlett about?
The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350, published in 1993, examines the expansion of Latin Christendom across medieval Europe. Bartlett studies conquest, settlement, religious conversion, law, and institutions as connected processes.
What does Bartlett mean by the making of Europe?
He refers to the expansion and consolidation of Latin Christian political and cultural institutions across regions that had previously followed different religious and social traditions. The book covers the period from 950 to 1350 rather than treating medieval Europe as a fixed entity.
Is The Making of Europe mainly a history of the Crusades?
The Crusades are part of the story, but Bartlett also discusses colonization, missionary activity, legal change, and settlement in areas such as Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. His subject is the broader expansion of Latin Christendom.
What evidence does Robert Bartlett use?
Bartlett draws on records about settlement, landholding, law, church organization, language, and population movement. These sources show how medieval expansion changed everyday institutions as well as political borders.
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