Millennium

Contents:

Introduction
1001–1100
The Eleventh Century
The growth of the Western Church
Peace
The discontinuation of slavery
Structural engineering
1101–1200
The Twelfth Century
Population growth
The expansion of the monastic network
The intellectual renaissance
Medicine
The rule of law
1201–1300
The Thirteenth Century
Commerce
Education
Accountability
Friars
Travel
1301–1400
The Fourteenth Century
The Black Death
Projectile warfare
Nationalism
Vernacular languages
1401–1500
The Fifteenth Century
The age of discovery
Measuring time
Individualism
Realism and Renaissance naturalism
1501–1600
The Sixteenth Century
Printed books and literacy
The Reformation
Firearms
The decline of private violence
The foundation of European empires
1601–1700
The Seventeenth Century
The Scientific Revolution
The Medical Revolution
Settlement of the world
The social contract
Rise of the middle classes
1701–1800
The Eighteenth Century
Transport and communications
The Agricultural Revolution
Enlightenment liberalism
Economic theory
The Industrial Revolution
Political revolution
1801–1900
The Nineteenth Century
Population growth and urbanisation
Transport
Communications
Public health and sanitation
Photography
Social reform
1901–2000
The Twentieth Century
Transport
War
Life expectancy
The media
Electrical and electronic appliances
The invention of the future
Conclusion: Which century saw the most change?
Stability and change
A scale of needs
Social change in relation to the scale of needs
The end of history?
The principal agent of change
Envoi: Why it matters
Appendix: Population estimates
Notes
Picture Credits
Illustrations
Index