The civilization of the Middle Ages : A completely revised and expanded edition of medieval history, the life and death of a civilization /
Cantor, Norman F., 1929-2004
The civilization of the Middle Ages : A completely revised and expanded edition of medieval history, the life and death of a civilization / Norman F. Cantor. - First HarperPerennial edition. a completely revisedition. and expanded edition. - New York, New York : HarperPerennial, (c)1994. - xiv, 604 pages : 24 cm
"A completely revised and expanded edition of Medieval history, the life and death of a civilization."
The heritage of the ancient world -- Politics and society -- Philosophy and religion The foundations of the Middle Ages -- From Judaism to Christianity -- Decline and fall -- The Roman destiny -- Patristic culture The age of the Barbarian invasions -- The Germans -- The first century of the invasions -- The Ostrogothic and Frankish kingdoms Justinian and Mohammed -- The nemesis of Byzantine power -- The impact of Islam on early medieval Europe The advance of ecclesiastical leadership -- The rise of monasticism -- Gregory the great and the early medieval papacy The making of Carolingian kingship -- Anglo-Irish culture and the colonial phenomenon -- The Carolingian enigma -- Monarch and papacy Culture and society in the first Europe -- The Carolingian world -- The feudal organization of society Ecclesia and Mundus -- The nature of the early medieval equilibrium -- The Norman feudal state -- The Ottonian empire -- The Cluniac ideal Byzantium, Islam and the west -- The limitations of Byzantine and Islamic civilizations -- The rise of Europe Europe in 1050: The Gregorian world Revolution -- The nature and origin of the Gregorian reform -- The debate on the essentials of a Christian society -- The German investiture controversy The Anglo-Norman monarchy and the emergence of the bureaucratic state -- The triumph of William the bastard -- The significance of the English investiture controversy The first crusade and after -- Origins of the crusading ideal -- Crusading memories The intellectual expansion of Europe -- The acceleration of cultural change -- The legal constituents of high medieval civilization -- A great generation: five leaders of twelfth-century thought and feeling -- Literature and society in the twelfth century Moslem and Jewish thought: the Aristotelian challenge -- The problem of learning -- Reason and revelation in Moslem and Jewish thought Varieties of religious experience -- Monks and society -- The dimensions of popular heresy The entrenchment of secular leadership -- Power and charisma -- The Capetian ascendancy The peace of Innocent III -- The reaffirmation of papal leadership -- The Dominican and Franciscan ideals The new consensus and its limitations -- The cathedral of intellect -- The moral authority of the state -- The interests of society The search for order -- An old land -- The crisis of the late Middle Ages -- Papacy and clergy -- The European states Late Medieval and Renaissance culture -- The harvest of Medieval thought -- The Italian renaissance -- Medievalism and the Middle Ages
General history of the Middle Ages focusing on medieval culture and religion.
9780060925536
92056237
Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
European History. World History.
History.
CB351 / .C585 1994
The civilization of the Middle Ages : A completely revised and expanded edition of medieval history, the life and death of a civilization / Norman F. Cantor. - First HarperPerennial edition. a completely revisedition. and expanded edition. - New York, New York : HarperPerennial, (c)1994. - xiv, 604 pages : 24 cm
"A completely revised and expanded edition of Medieval history, the life and death of a civilization."
The heritage of the ancient world -- Politics and society -- Philosophy and religion The foundations of the Middle Ages -- From Judaism to Christianity -- Decline and fall -- The Roman destiny -- Patristic culture The age of the Barbarian invasions -- The Germans -- The first century of the invasions -- The Ostrogothic and Frankish kingdoms Justinian and Mohammed -- The nemesis of Byzantine power -- The impact of Islam on early medieval Europe The advance of ecclesiastical leadership -- The rise of monasticism -- Gregory the great and the early medieval papacy The making of Carolingian kingship -- Anglo-Irish culture and the colonial phenomenon -- The Carolingian enigma -- Monarch and papacy Culture and society in the first Europe -- The Carolingian world -- The feudal organization of society Ecclesia and Mundus -- The nature of the early medieval equilibrium -- The Norman feudal state -- The Ottonian empire -- The Cluniac ideal Byzantium, Islam and the west -- The limitations of Byzantine and Islamic civilizations -- The rise of Europe Europe in 1050: The Gregorian world Revolution -- The nature and origin of the Gregorian reform -- The debate on the essentials of a Christian society -- The German investiture controversy The Anglo-Norman monarchy and the emergence of the bureaucratic state -- The triumph of William the bastard -- The significance of the English investiture controversy The first crusade and after -- Origins of the crusading ideal -- Crusading memories The intellectual expansion of Europe -- The acceleration of cultural change -- The legal constituents of high medieval civilization -- A great generation: five leaders of twelfth-century thought and feeling -- Literature and society in the twelfth century Moslem and Jewish thought: the Aristotelian challenge -- The problem of learning -- Reason and revelation in Moslem and Jewish thought Varieties of religious experience -- Monks and society -- The dimensions of popular heresy The entrenchment of secular leadership -- Power and charisma -- The Capetian ascendancy The peace of Innocent III -- The reaffirmation of papal leadership -- The Dominican and Franciscan ideals The new consensus and its limitations -- The cathedral of intellect -- The moral authority of the state -- The interests of society The search for order -- An old land -- The crisis of the late Middle Ages -- Papacy and clergy -- The European states Late Medieval and Renaissance culture -- The harvest of Medieval thought -- The Italian renaissance -- Medievalism and the Middle Ages
General history of the Middle Ages focusing on medieval culture and religion.
9780060925536
92056237
Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
European History. World History.
History.
CB351 / .C585 1994