This volume investigates environmental and political crises that occurred in Europe during the late Middle Ages and the early Modern Period, and considers their

The carole was the principal social dance in France and England from c. 1100 to c. 1400 and was frequently mentioned in French and English medieval literature.

Contains compositions for the dance during the Medieval (14th cent. ) & Renaissance (16th cent.) eras. The selections chosen have a fast, distinctive rhythmic n

In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was an important and frequent event—for the nobi

Elina Gertsman's multifaceted study introduces readers to the imagery and texts of the Dance of Death, an extraordinary subject that first emerged in western Eu