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| ISBN-13: | 9780197571538 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date: | 06/24/2021 |
| Edition description: | 4th ed. |
| Pages: | 688 |
| Product dimensions: | 9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
List Of Maps xv
Preface To The Fourth Edition xvii
Introduction: Why The Middle Ages Matter xix
Part 1 The Early Middle Ages: The Third Through Ninth Centuries 1
Chapter 1 The Roman World at Its Height 3
The Geography of Empire 4
The Role of the Military 7
Roman Society 9
Roman Government 15
The Challenges of the Third Century 19
Reform, Recovery, Persecution, and Favor 22
Key Terms 26
Suggested Readings 26
Chapter 2 The Rise of Christianity 28
Before Christ 30
The Growth of the New Religion 33
The Problem of Persecution 40
The Problem of Heresy 43
Constantine and Theodosius: An Imperial Church 45
Responses to Imperialization 50
Key Terms 60
Suggested Readings 60
Chapter 3 Early Germanic Society 62
Germanic Life 63
Migrations and Invasions 70
Europe's First Kingdoms 76
Germanic Christianity and the Fourth "Doctor of the Church" 85
Key Terms 90
Suggested Readings 90
Chapter 4 Cloister and Culture 92
The Rise of Monasticism in the East 93
The Rise of Monasticism in the West 98
Cultural Life in the West: Cassiodorus, Boethius, and St. Benedict 106
Key Terms 114
Suggested Readings 114
Chapter 5 The Emergence of the Medieval Worlds 116
Continuity and Change in Northern Europe 117
Continuity and Change in the Mediterranean 126
The Rise of Islam 137
A Tripartite World 144
Key Terms 146
Suggested Readings 146
Chapter 6 The Carolingian Era 149
The "Do-Nothing Kings" and the Rise of the Carolingians 150
The Carolingian Monarchy 154
Carolingian Administration 162
Carolingian Society 169
The Carolingian Cultural Renewal 175
Key Terms 181
Suggested Readings 181
Part 2 The Central Middle Ages: The Tenth Through Twelfth Centuries 183
Chapter 7 The Time of Troubles 185
Trouble from Within 186
Trouble from the North 191
Trouble from the East 198
Trouble from the South 203
The End of the World? 211
Key Terms 217
Suggested Readings 217
Chapter 8 Revolutions on Land and Sea 219
Changes on the Land 220
A Peasant Society Emerges 226
Changes on the Sea 234
A Maritime Society Emerges 238
Key Terms 244
Suggested Readings 244
Chapter 9 A New Europe Emerges: North and South 246
The Rise of Feudal Society 247
The First German Empire 253
The Rise of Capetian France 261
The Anglo-Norman Realm 264
The Spanish Kingdoms 276
The Italian Scene 284
Key Terms 289
Suggested Readings 289
Chapter 10 The Reform of the Church 291
The Origins of the Reform 293
The Papal Revolution 300
Christendom and the East 304
Monastic Reforms 317
Key Terms 322
Suggested Readings 322
Chapter 11 The Renaissances of the Twelfth Century 324
Aristotle, Anselm, Abelard, and Ibn Rushd 325
Law and Canon Law 333
The Recovery of Science 337
The Rise of the Universities 345
Courtly Life, Love, and Literature 352
Key Terms 362
Suggested Readings 362
Chapter 12 The Papal Monarchy 364
Church Against State Once More 365
The Consolidation of Papal Authority 371
The Revival of Heresy 379
The Albigensian Crusade and the Origins of the Inquisition 386
Key Terms 391
Suggested Readings 391
Part 3 The Late Middle Ages: The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries 393
Chapter 13 Politics in the Thirteenth Century 395
The Rise of Representative Institutions 397
England and France 399
Germany, Italy, and the Papacy 409
The New Mediterranean Superpowers 414
Eastern Europe 418
Byzantium and Islam in the Thirteenth Century 422
Key Terms 429
Suggested Readings 429
Chapter 14 Art and Intellect in the Thirteenth Century 431
Scholasticism 432
From Romanesque to Gothic Vision 438
Science and Technology 444
Aspects of Popular Culture 452
Key Terms 457
Suggested Readings 457
Chapter 15 Daily Life at the Medieval Zenith 459
Economic Changes 461
Peasants' Lives 467
Townsfolks' Lives 472
The Question of Literacy 484
Sex and the City (and the Town, and the Village) 486
Key Terms 494
Suggested Readings 494
Chapter 16 Changes in Religious Life 496
The Importance of Being Penitent 498
The Importance of Being Poor 501
The Humanization of Christ and the Cult of the Virgin 507
Mysticism 512
The Spiritual World of Orthodoxy 519
Key Terms 522
Suggested Readings 522
Chapter 17 The Crises of the Fourteenth Century 524
Economic Difficulties 525
The Great Famine 530
The Black Death 531
War Everywhere 543
Challenges to Church Unity 552
Key Terms 561
Suggested Readings 561
Chapter 18 Signs of a New Era 563
William of Ockham 564
Marsilius of Padua 567
Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer 570
Christine de Pizan 579
Key Term 581
Suggested Readings 581
Part 4 Two Epilogues 585
Chapter 19 Closings In, Closings Out 587
The Last Years of Byzantium 590
The Search for a New Route to the East 594
Closing In on Muslim Spain 599
The Expulsions of the Jews 601
Closing In Forever: The Forced Cloistering of Female Religious 603
Key Terms 605
Suggested Readings 605
Chapter 20 The Renaissance in Medieval Context 607
Economies New and Old Circa 1400 609
The Meaning of Humanism 612
The Canonization of Classical Culture 615
The Rejection of the Middle Ages 619
Key Terms 621
Suggested Readings 621
Appendix A The Medieval Popes 623
Appendix B The Carolingians 632
Appendix C The Capetians 633
Appendix D France: The Valois 634
Appendix E England: The Norman And Plantagenet Dynasties 635
Appendix F England: The Lancastrian And Yorkist Dynasties 636
Appendix G Germany: The Ottonian, Salian, And Hohenstaufen Dynasties 637
Appendix H Germany: The Late Medieval Emperors 638
Appendix I The Spanish Kingdoms, 1000-1250 639
Appendix J The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250-1500 640
Appendix K The Emperors In Constantinople 641
Glossary 644
Index 653