Medieval Europe

Overview

Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while in college, that our world today "is a product of the medieval past." Medieval Europe introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society.

Table of contents

Part I: The Early Middle Ages: The Birth of Europe, 500-1000

Chapter 1: Rome Becomes Christian, c. 31 B.C.E.–430 C.E.
Chapter 2: Barbarian Settlement in the West, c. 400–500
Chapter 3: Early Western Christendom, c. 500–700
Chapter 4: Neighbors: Byzantium and Islam, c. 500–1000
Chapter 5: Carolingian Europe, c. 700–850
Chapter 6: Division, Invasion, and Reorganization, c. 800–1000

Part II: The Central Middle Ages: Reform, Revival, and Expansion, 1000-1300

Chapter 7: Economic Takeoff and Social Change, c. 1000–1300
Chapter 8: New Paths to God, c. 1000–1250
Chapter 9: Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions, c. 1100–1300
Chapter 10: Worlds in Collision: Papacy and Holy Roman Empire, c. 1125–1300
Chapter 11: States in the Making: England and France, c. 1050–1300
Chapter 12: Literature, Art, and Thought, c. 1000–1300

Part III: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Creativity, 1300-1500

Chapter 13: Famine, Plague, and Recovery, c. 1300–1500
Chapter 14: Toward the Sovereign State, c. 1300–1500
Chapter 15: Diversity and Dynamism in Late Medieval Culture, c. 1300–1500


Glossary
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Appendix: Some Popes and Monarchs of Medieval Europe