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Abbreviations and Conventions | |
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Biographical Sketches | |
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Medieval Myths | |
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Timelines | |
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Maps | |
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List of Figures | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Romans, Christians, and Barbarians | |
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The Early Middle Ages | |
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The Roman Peace (31 B.C.E-180 C.E.) and After | |
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Christianity | |
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Barbarians and the Western Empire | |
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The Decline of the Western Empire | |
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Conclusion | |
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Early Western Christendom, c. 500-700 | |
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Introduction | |
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Early Medieval Society | |
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Early Medieval Politics | |
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The Early Medieval Church | |
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Intellectual Life | |
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Conclusion | |
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Neighbors: Byzantium and Islam, c. 500-1000 | |
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Introduction | |
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From Eastern to Byzantine Empire | |
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The Byzantine Centuries | |
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The Ascent of Islam | |
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The Islamic Empire | |
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Islamic Culture | |
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Conclusion | |
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Carolingian Europe, c. 700-850 | |
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Introduction | |
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The Early Carolingians | |
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Charlemagne (r. 768-814) | |
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Intellectual Revival | |
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Conclusion | |
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Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800-1000 | |
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Introduction | |
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Division: The Later Carolingians | |
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Invasion: Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings | |
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Reorganization: New Polities | |
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Conclusion | |
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Economic Takeoff and Social Change, c. 1000-1300 | |
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The Central Middle Ages | |
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Agricultural Revolution | |
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Rural Society | |
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The Commercial Revolution | |
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Urban Society | |
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The Landholding Aristocracy | |
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Feudal Society | |
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Conclusion | |
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Popes and the Papacy, c. 1000-1300 | |
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Introduction | |
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Papacy, Clergy, and Laity, c. 1000-1122 | |
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The Reformed Papacy and Its Church | |
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Innocent III and the Papacy Ascendant | |
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The Papacy after 1250 | |
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Conclusion | |
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New Paths to God, c. 1000-1300 | |
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Introduction | |
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Judaism | |
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The Evolution of Christian Piety | |
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Orthodoxy and Heresy | |
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Changes in Monastic Life | |
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The Mendicant Orders | |
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Conclusion | |
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Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions, c. 1100-1300 | |
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Introduction | |
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Conquests and Territorial Expansion | |
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Crusades | |
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Persecutions | |
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Conclusion | |
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States Made and Unmade, c. 1000-1300 | |
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Introduction | |
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The Holy Roman Empire: Disintegration | |
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England: King and Parliament | |
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France: The Monarchy Triumphant | |
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Iberia: Some Consolidation | |
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The States of Northern and Eastern Europe | |
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Conclusion | |
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Literature, Art, and Thought, c. 1000-1300 | |
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Introduction | |
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Byzantine and Islamic Influences | |
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Intellectual Trends | |
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Literature | |
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Architecture and Sculpture | |
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Conclusion | |
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Famine, Plague, and Recovery, c. 1300-1500 | |
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The Later Middle Ages | |
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Economic Woes and Demographic Crisis (1300-1350) | |
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Adjustment and Recovery (1350-1500) | |
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Late Medieval Christianity | |
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Conclusion | |
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Toward the Sovereign State, c. 1300-1500 | |
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Introduction | |
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England, France, and the Hundred Years' War | |
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England: Parliament, Civil War, and Tudor Monarchy | |
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France: Constitutional Crisis, War, and the Spider King | |
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The Iberian Slates: Consolidation through Homogenization | |
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New Powers on the European Periphery | |
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The Heritage of the Holy Roman Empire | |
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Conclusion | |
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Diversity and Dynamism in Culture, c. 1300-1500 | |
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Introduction | |
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Literacy and Vernacular Languages | |
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Humanist Education | |
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Literature | |
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Art and Architecture | |
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Philosophy | |
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Political Thought | |
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Conclusion | |
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Glossary | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |