Early Middle Ages The Birth of Europe

Name: Early Middle Ages The Birth of Europe
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ISBN: 9781403942081

ISBN-10: 1403942080

ISBN-13: 9781403942081

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lynette Olson

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Written in an easy-to-follow century-by-century format, this title offers an exploration of the original formation of Europe - from the fall of Rome to the First Crusade.

Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 7/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Prologue


Introduction


The Frontispiece


What the Book is About


Approaches



The Fifth Century: Kingdoms Replace the Western Roman Empire


From Empire to Kingdoms


The Need for Protection


Fluid Identity


Barbarians


A Warrior Aristocracy


The Church


From Roman to Medieval Culture



The Sixth Century: The West Goes Its Own Way


Clovis and Theoderic


Justinian's Reconquest


Frankish Society


Gregory's Histories and Malalas's Chronicle


The World of Pope Gregory the Great



The Seventh Century: Cultural Watershed


The Conversion of the English to Christianity


Civilisation Begins to Come out of the North


The Rise of Islam


Evaluating the Pirenne Thesis


Visigothic Spain



The Eighth Century: Formation of the Core of Europe


Boniface and the English Mission to the Continent


Frankish-Papal Relations


The Frankish Kingdom



The Ninth Century: Expanding the Boundaries


The Carolingian Empire


Nithard and Dhuoda


The Vikings


Khan Boris of Bulgaria


Alfred the Great


The Nadir of Europe



The Tenth Century: Nadir to Take-Off


A Tale of Three Cities


Odo of Cluny, Gerald of Aurillac and Charles the Simple


The Rise of Germany


Towards 1000



The Eleventh Century: Transformation of Europe


New Beginnings and Old Ways


The Church in the Early Eleventh Century


The Three Orders and Feudalism


The Norman Conquests


The Rise of Towns


The Church in the Later Eleventh Century


The First Crusade


The Final Analysis


Epilogue


Notes


Glossary


Primary Source Translations


Index