Medieval Europe A Short History

Name: Medieval Europe A Short History
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ISBN: 9780073385501

ISBN-10: 0073385506

ISBN-13: 9780073385501

Edition: 11th 2011

Authors: Judith Bennett, C. Warren Hollister

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Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the 11/e includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while in college, that our world today "is a product of the medieval past." Medieval Europe introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society

Book details

List price: $89.46
Edition: 11th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 1/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Abbreviations and Conventions


Biographical Sketches


Medieval Myths


Timelines


Maps


List of Figures


Preface


Introduction



Romans, Christians, and Barbarians


The Early Middle Ages


The Roman Peace (31 B.C.E-180 C.E.) and After


Christianity


Barbarians and the Western Empire


The Decline of the Western Empire


Conclusion



Early Western Christendom, c. 500-700


Introduction


Early Medieval Society


Early Medieval Politics


The Early Medieval Church


Intellectual Life


Conclusion



Neighbors: Byzantium and Islam, c. 500-1000


Introduction


From Eastern to Byzantine Empire


The Byzantine Centuries


The Ascent of Islam


The Islamic Empire


Islamic Culture


Conclusion



Carolingian Europe, c. 700-850


Introduction


The Early Carolingians


Charlemagne (r. 768-814)


Intellectual Revival


Conclusion



Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800-1000


Introduction


Division: The Later Carolingians


Invasion: Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings


Reorganization: New Polities


Conclusion



Economic Takeoff and Social Change, c. 1000-1300


The Central Middle Ages


Agricultural Revolution


Rural Society


The Commercial Revolution


Urban Society


The Landholding Aristocracy


Feudal Society


Conclusion



Popes and the Papacy, c. 1000-1300


Introduction


Papacy, Clergy, and Laity, c. 1000-1122


The Reformed Papacy and Its Church


Innocent III and the Papacy Ascendant


The Papacy after 1250


Conclusion



New Paths to God, c. 1000-1300


Introduction


Judaism


The Evolution of Christian Piety


Orthodoxy and Heresy


Changes in Monastic Life


The Mendicant Orders


Conclusion



Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions, c. 1100-1300


Introduction


Conquests and Territorial Expansion


Crusades


Persecutions


Conclusion



States Made and Unmade, c. 1000-1300


Introduction


The Holy Roman Empire: Disintegration


England: King and Parliament


France: The Monarchy Triumphant


Iberia: Some Consolidation


The States of Northern and Eastern Europe


Conclusion



Literature, Art, and Thought, c. 1000-1300


Introduction


Byzantine and Islamic Influences


Intellectual Trends


Literature


Architecture and Sculpture


Conclusion



Famine, Plague, and Recovery, c. 1300-1500


The Later Middle Ages


Economic Woes and Demographic Crisis (1300-1350)


Adjustment and Recovery (1350-1500)


Late Medieval Christianity


Conclusion



Toward the Sovereign State, c. 1300-1500


Introduction


England, France, and the Hundred Years' War


England: Parliament, Civil War, and Tudor Monarchy


France: Constitutional Crisis, War, and the Spider King


The Iberian Slates: Consolidation through Homogenization


New Powers on the European Periphery


The Heritage of the Holy Roman Empire


Conclusion



Diversity and Dynamism in Culture, c. 1300-1500


Introduction


Literacy and Vernacular Languages


Humanist Education


Literature


Art and Architecture


Philosophy


Political Thought


Conclusion


Glossary


Photo Credits


Index