Table of Contents
Prologue: "From the Fury of the Northmen, Lord, Deliver Us" 1
Part 1 The City and the World
1 The Physical Landscape of the Tenth Century 11
2 Roman "Harlots": From the Cadaver Synod to the Fall of Marozia 33
3 The Nadir of the Papacy 69
Part 2 The World in Chaos
4 Enemies of Christians 93
5 The Dissention of Kings 111
6 Salvation from "That Very Savage People" 135
7 Feudal France 157
8 Muslims and Christians in Spain 181
9 Anglo-Saxon England 203
10 The Celtic Lands: Ireland, Scotland, and Wales 227
Part 3 The Second Spring
11 Liutprand of Cremona: Cynic, Diplomat, and Stylist 247
12 "That Greek Woman": Theophano, Otto II, and Her Mother-in-Law 269
Part 4 Living in the Tenth Century
13 Monks and Nuns 293
14 Ordinary Life in the Tenth Century 317
15 Faith and Church in the Tenth Century 337
Part 5 A Millennial Vision
16 Gerbert, the Magician of the Millennium 363
17 Otto III: A "New Rome"? 385
18 The Millennium 415
Acknowledgments 429
The Descendants of Charlemagne 431
The Saxon Kings and Selected Relatives 432
Source Abbreviations 433
Notes 435
Bibliography: Primary Sources 455
Bibliography: Secondary Sources 459
Index 467