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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 | |