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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.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : HarperPerennial, (c)1994.Edition: First HarperPerennial edition; a completely revisedition. and expanded editionDescription: xiv, 604 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780060925536
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CB351 .C585 1994
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Contents:
Politics and society -- Philosophy and religion
From Judaism to Christianity -- Decline and fall -- The Roman destiny -- Patristic culture
The Germans -- The first century of the invasions -- The Ostrogothic and Frankish kingdoms
The nemesis of Byzantine power -- The impact of Islam on early medieval Europe
The rise of monasticism -- Gregory the great and the early medieval papacy
Anglo-Irish culture and the colonial phenomenon -- The Carolingian enigma -- Monarch and papacy
The Carolingian world -- The feudal organization of society
The nature of the early medieval equilibrium -- The Norman feudal state -- The Ottonian empire -- The Cluniac ideal
The limitations of Byzantine and Islamic civilizations -- The rise of Europe
The nature and origin of the Gregorian reform -- The debate on the essentials of a Christian society -- The German investiture controversy
The triumph of William the bastard -- The significance of the English investiture controversy
Origins of the crusading ideal -- Crusading memories
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
The problem of learning -- Reason and revelation in Moslem and Jewish thought
Monks and society -- The dimensions of popular heresy
Power and charisma -- The Capetian ascendancy
The reaffirmation of papal leadership -- The Dominican and Franciscan ideals
The cathedral of intellect -- The moral authority of the state -- The interests of society
An old land -- The crisis of the late Middle Ages -- Papacy and clergy -- The European states
The harvest of Medieval thought -- The Italian renaissance -- Medievalism and the Middle Ages
Subject: General history of the Middle Ages focusing on medieval culture and religion.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction CB351.C368.C585 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 31923000905824

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"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.

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