Medieval Europe

Cover page......Page 1
Halftitle page......Page 2
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Illustrations and maps......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
chapter one A new look at the middle ages......Page 42
chapter two Rome and its western successors, 500–750......Page 63
chapter three Crisis and transformation in the east, 500–850/1000......Page 84
chapter four The Carolingian experiment, 750–1000......Page 102
chapter five The expansion of Christian Europe, 500–1100......Page 121
chapter six Reshaping western Europe, 1000–1150......Page 140
chapter seven The long economic boom, 950–1300......Page 162
chapter eight The ambiguities of political reconstruction, 1150–1300......Page 182
chapter nine 1204: the failure of alternatives......Page 211
chapter ten Defining society: gender and community in late medieval Europe......Page 227
chapter eleven Money, war and death, 1350–1500......Page 251
chapter twelve Rethinking politics, 1350–1500......Page 276
chapter thirteen Conclusion......Page 293
Notes......Page 299
Bibliography......Page 329
Index......Page 357