Medieval Europe: A Short History

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Author(s): Judith M. Bennett
Edition: 11th edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 417

Cover Page......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
About the Author......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations and Conventions......Page 12
Biographical Sketches......Page 13
Medieval Myths......Page 14
Timelines......Page 15
Maps......Page 16
List of Figures......Page 17
Preface......Page 20
INTRODUCTION......Page 24
The Early Middle Ages......Page 27
The Roman Peace (31 B.C.E.–180 C.E.) and After......Page 28
Christianity......Page 31
Barbarians and the Western Empire......Page 42
The Decline of the Western Empire......Page 48
Conclusion......Page 50
Early Medieval Society......Page 51
Early Medieval Politics......Page 56
The Early Medieval Church......Page 63
Intellectual Life......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 73
Introduction......Page 74
From Eastern to Byzantine Empire......Page 75
The Byzantine Centuries......Page 82
The Ascent of Islam......Page 88
The Islamic Empire......Page 93
Islamic Culture......Page 100
Conclusion......Page 102
Introduction......Page 103
The Early Carolingians......Page 105
Charlemagne (r. 768–814)......Page 111
Intellectual Revival......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 123
Division: The Later Carolingians......Page 125
Invasion: Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings......Page 127
Reorganization: New Polities......Page 134
Conclusion......Page 153
The Central Middle Ages......Page 154
Agricultural Revolution......Page 162
Rural Society......Page 164
The Commercial Revolution......Page 173
Urban Society......Page 179
The Landholding Aristocracy......Page 185
Feudal Society......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 189
Introduction......Page 190
Papacy, Clergy, and Laity, c. 1000–1122......Page 191
The Reformed Papacy and Its Church......Page 198
Innocent III and the Papacy Ascendant......Page 207
The Papacy after 1250......Page 210
Conclusion......Page 212
Judaism......Page 213
The Evolution of Christian Piety......Page 214
Orthodoxy and Heresy......Page 220
Changes in Monastic Life......Page 222
The Mendicant Orders......Page 228
Conclusion......Page 233
Introduction......Page 234
Conquests and Territorial Expansion......Page 235
Crusades......Page 244
Persecutions......Page 254
Conclusion......Page 258
Introduction......Page 259
The Holy Roman Empire: Disintegration......Page 260
England: King and Parliament......Page 271
France: The Monarchy Triumphant......Page 281
Iberia: Some Consolidation......Page 290
Conclusion......Page 291
Introduction......Page 292
Byzantine and Islamic Influences......Page 293
Intellectual Trends......Page 294
Literature......Page 306
Architecture and Sculpture......Page 313
Conclusion......Page 319
The Later Middle Ages......Page 320
Economic Woes and Demographic Crisis (1300–1350)......Page 324
Adjustment and Recovery (1350–1500)......Page 329
Late Medieval Christianity......Page 336
Conclusion......Page 344
Introduction......Page 345
England, France, and the Hundred Years’ War......Page 346
England: Parliament, Civil War, and Tudor Monarchy......Page 350
France: Constitutional Crisis, War, and the Spider King......Page 352
The Iberian States: Consolidation through Homogenization......Page 355
New Powers on the European Periphery......Page 358
The Heritage of the Holy Roman Empire......Page 361
Conclusion......Page 364
Introduction......Page 367
Literacy and Vernacular Languages......Page 368
Humanist Education......Page 370
Literature......Page 373
Art and Architecture......Page 375
Philosophy......Page 377
Political Thought......Page 382
Conclusion......Page 383
GLOSSARY......Page 386
Photo Credits......Page 396
Index......Page 398