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| List of plates | |
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| List of maps | |
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| List of figures | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the Revised Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| The Dark Ages | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Constantine the Great: the New Rome and Christanity | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The barbarian invasions | |
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| Coping with the barbarians | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Three reactions to the barbarian invasions | |
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| St Augustine (354-430) | |
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| Theodoric the Ostrogoth | |
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| Reconquest: the Emperor Justinian (527-565) | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The Church and the Papacy | |
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| Development of ecclesiastical organization up to the end of the fifth century | |
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| Benedictine monasticism | |
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| Pope Gregory the Great (590-604) | |
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| Postscript: Gregory and Benedict | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Islam | |
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| The Prophet Mohammed (c. 570-632) | |
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| The conquests | |
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| The results of the conquests | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The Franks | |
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| The Merovingian Kingdom | |
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| The transference of power from the Merovingians to the Carolingians (639-751) | |
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| Charlemagne (768-814) | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The break-up of the Carolingian Empire | |
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| The sons and grandsons of Charlemagne | |
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| Vikings, Saracens and Hungarians | |
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| The Battle of the Dyle (891) | |
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| Postscript: The Vikings | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey | |
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| Trade and commerce | |
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| Agrarian economy | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Postscript to Part One | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The High Middle Ages (900-1250) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Saxon Empire | |
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| A bishop reproved | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The reform of the Papacy | |
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| Before Gregory VII | |
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| Gregory VII and the break with the Empire | |
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| War | |
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| The eye of prudence | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Monasticism in the eleventh and twelfth centuries | |
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| A miracle of St Bernard | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Feudal monarchy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223) | |
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| A charter of Philip Augustus | |
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| Postscript: a note on feudalism | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) | |
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| Germany | |
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| Italy | |
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| Revenge | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The crisis of the Church | |
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| Innocent III (1198-1216): orthodox reform | |
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| St Francis (1182-1226): inspiration and authority | |
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| The novice who wanted a psalter | |
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| Conversion without tears | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The new era in monarchy | |
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| Frederick II (1197-1250) | |
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| Louis IX (1226-1270) | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Europe in the middle of the thirteenth century: an economic survey | |
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| Postscript: Demography | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Epilogue: the Mongols | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Postscript to Part Two | |
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| Index | |