Europe in the High Middle Ages: 1150-1300 / Edition 3

by John H. Mundy

Overview

A revised and updated new edition of Professor Mundy's lively introduction to Europe 1150-1300. It provides a portrait of the social, economic, political and intellectual life of Latin Christendom in the period. Wherever possible the men and women of the high middle ages are allowed to speak for themselves as Professor Mundy makes wide use of contemporary sources xxx; bringing alive the complexities and concerns of people living in medieval times. Another strength of the book is the attention devoted to groups often marginalised in other histories; looking at the experience of women, for instance, and that of the Jews in a predominantly Christian society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582369870
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/2000
Series:	General History of Europe
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	List of maps	x
	Abbreviations	xi
	Preface	xiii
1	Introduction	1
	The subject matter	1
	History, biography and poetry	6
Part 1	Europe
2	Social frontiers: clerks and laymen	13
	The two peoples	13
	Letters, professions and laicism	18
3	Cultural frontiers: France, Italy and Europe	25
	France	25
	Italy	31
	Europe	34
4	Crusades and missions	37
	Crusades and European expansion	37
	Missions and toleration	45
	War and missions	48
5	The Jews	51
	Divisions and education	51
	Government and economy	54
	Conversion and persecution	60
Part 2	Economy
6	Foundation and growth	69
	The land	69
	The town	73
	Industry and commerce	77
	Planning, building and living standards	80
7	Organization	90
	Rural enterprise	90
	Commerce	97
	Business, credit and industry	101
8	Usury and corporatism	109
	The prohibition of usury	109
	Economic corporatism	118
Part 3	Society
9	Women and men	129
	Marriage and love	129
	Means, literacy and religion	135
10	Workers and farmers	143
	Farmers	143
	Townfolk	152
11	Nobles and the military	160
	The military	160
	Knighthood	165
	Chivalry and war	170
12	Ecclesiastics	177
	Clerical types	177
	Clerical freedom	182
	Clerical rivalries	187
	Clerks and layfolk	190
Part 4	Government
13	The Church	199
	Power and Crusade	199
	Popes and princes	203
	Local churches	207
	Church government	212
14	The greater monarchies	218
	The Empire	218
	England	222
	France	227
15	Princes, senates and assemblies	234
	Popes, cardinals and councils	234
	Secular princes and parliaments	237
16	Princes, villages and towns	245
	Communities and defence	245
	Village and town	246
	Town and city	250
17	Republics	255
	Republican thought	255
	The 'people'	262
	Princes and oligarchs	267
18	Government and law	273
	Scribes and chanceries	273
	Laws	277
	Lawyers and judges	281
Part 5	Thought
19	Intellectuals	291
	Schools and universities	291
	Learning and freedom	296
20	Reason and religion	303
	History and progress	303
	Science and determinism	309
	Nature and freedom	312
	Deity and certitude	317
21	Enthusiasm and heresy	322
	Doubt and heresy	322
	Divergent belief	328
	The ideal world	333
22	Repression	337
	Divergence and society	337
	Urban or rural?	342
	Force and repression	344
Part 6	1300
23	Church, state and society	355
	Lay and papal authority	355
	Ecclesiastical divisions	358
	Lay pressures	365
24	Unam sanctam	371
	Polemics	371
	Conclusions	380
	Bibliography	383
	Maps	395
	Index	407

Editorial Reviews

'noteworthy both for its originality and the erudition it displays' Times Literary Supplement 'very good indeed.'
Colin Morris, English Historical Review 'A precis does not do justice to the richness of Mundy's analysis or suggest how skillfully diverse subjects are connected'Bruce L. Venarde, University of Pittsburgh, H-Net Reviews

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