A Short History of the Middle Ages

by Rosenwein, Barbara H.

• ISBN13: 9781551116167
• ISBN10: 1551116162
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

Summary

A succinct narrative overview of the shape of medieval history from c.300 to c.1500. Each chapter covers a "slice of time" and integrates culture, politics, and social issues, covering the key events, ideas, people, and transformations of the period. Incorporating the research advances of the last decades, Rosenwein places Europe in the context of the Byzantine, Mongol, and Ottoman empires and of the Islamic world.

Author Biography

Barbara H. Rosenwein is a Professor in the Department of History at Loyola University Chicago.

Table of Contents

Maps	9	(2)
Plates	11	(2)
Genealogies	13	(1)
Figures	13	(1)
Lists	13	(1)
Abbreviations, Conventions, Websites	14	(1)
Preface	15	(2)
Preface to the Second Edition	17	(2)
Prelude: The Roman World Transformed (c.300-c.600)	19	(40)
Part I: Three Cultures from One
The Emergence of Sibling Cultures (c.600-c.750)	59	(36)
Creating New Identities (c.750-c.900)	95	(36)
Political Communities Reordered (c.900-c.1050)	131	(36)
Part II: The European Take-Off
The Expansion of Europe (c.1050-c.1150)	167	(40)
Institutionalizing Aspirations (c.1150-c.1250)	207	(44)
Discordant Harmonies (c.1250-c.1350)	251	(36)
Catastrophe and Creativity (c.1350-c.1500)	287	(36)
Epilogue	323	(1)
Glossary	324	(4)
Appendix: Lists	328	(9)
Sources	337	(4)
Index	341