A History of Medieval Europe

R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. In updating this classic work to a third edition, the additional author now enables students to see history in action; the diverse viewpoints and important research that has been undertaken since Davis' second edition, and progressed historical understanding. A key work updated in a method that both enhances subject understanding and sets important research in its wider context. A vital resource, now up-to-date for generations of historians to come.

Part One: The Dark Ages
Introduction

1. Constantine the Great: The New Rome and Christianity
2. The barbarian invasions
3. Three reactions to the barbarian invasions
4. The Church and the Papacy
5. Islam
6. The Franks
7. The Break-up of the Carolingian Empire
8. Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey
   Part Two: The High Middle Ages (900-1250)
   Introduction.
9. The Saxon Empire
10. The Reform of the Papcy
11. Monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries
12. Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades.
13. Feudal monachy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223)
    6.The Emperor Frederrick I Barbarossa (1152-1190)
14. The Crisis of the Church
15. The new era in monachy

16. Europe in the middle of the 13th century: an economic survey
    Epilogue: the Mongols

    Autorentext
    R. H. C. Davis, R. I. Moore, Joanna, Huntington

    Zusammenfassung
    Presents an exploration of the Dark Ages, which examines the impact of the Barbarian invasions on Constantine's Christianized empire, and the gradual emergence of a new social, economic and political order. This book discusses the Church and the Papacy, the coming of Islam, and the rise and fall of the Frankish Empire.

    Inhalt

Part One: The Dark Ages Introduction 1. Constantine the Great: The New Rome and Christianity 2. The barbarian invasions 3. Three reactions to the barbarian invasions 4. The Church and the Papacy 5. Islam 6. The Franks 7. The Break-up of the Carolingian Empire 8. Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey Part Two: The High Middle Ages (900-1250) Introduction. 1. The Saxon Empire 2. The Reform of the Papcy 3. Monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries 4. Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades. 5. Feudal monachy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223) 6.The Emperor Frederrick I Barbarossa (1152-1190) 7. The Crisis of the Church 8. The new era in monachy 9. Europe in the middle of the 13th century: an economic survey Epilogue: the Mongols