Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 880 g
Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 880 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-757153-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Revised for its fourth edition, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, presents a distinctive and nuanced portrayal of the Greater West during its medieval millennium. By integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine worlds into the main narrative, author Clifford R. Backman offers an insightful, detailed, and often witty look at the continuum of interaction--social, cultural, intellectual, and commercial--that existed among all three societies.
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- List of Maps
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Introduction: Why the Middle Ages Matter
- PART ONE The Early Middle Ages: The Third through Ninth Centuries
- 1. The Roman World at its Height
- The Geography of Empire
- The Role of the Military
- Roman Society
- Roman Government
- The Challenges of the Third Century
- Reform, Recovery, Persecution, and Favor
- Suggested Reading
- Key Terms
- 2. The Rise of Christianity
- Before Christ
- The Growth of the New Religion
- The Problem of Persecution
- The Problem of Heresy
- Constantine and Theodosius: An Imperial Church
- Responses to Imperialization
- Suggested Reading
- Key Terms
- 3. Early Germanic Society
- Germanic Life
- Migrations and Invasions
- Europe's First Kingdoms
- Germanic Christianity and the Fourth “Doctor of the Church”
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 4. Cloister and Culture
- The Rise of Monasticism in the East
- The Rise of Monasticism in the West
- Cultural Life in the West: Cassiodorus, Boethius, and St. Benedict
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 5. The Emergence of the Medieval Worlds
- Continuity and Change in Northern Europe
- Continuity and Change in the Mediterranean
- The Rise of Islam
- A Tripartite World
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 6. The Carolingian Era
- The Do-Nothing Kings and the Rise of the Carolingians
- The Carolingian Monarchy
- Carolingian Administration
- Carolingian Society
- The Carolingian Cultural Renewal
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- PART TWO The Central Middle Ages: The Tenth through Twelfth Centuries
- 7. The Time of Troubles
- Trouble from Within
- Trouble from the North
- Trouble from the East
- Trouble from the South
- The End of the World?
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 8. Revolutions on Land and Sea
- Changes on the Land
- A Peasant Society Emerges
- Changes on the Sea
- A Maritime Society Emerges
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 9. A New Europe Emerges: North and South
- The Rise of Feudal Society
- The First German Empire
- The Rise of Capetian France
- The Anglo-Norman Realm
- The Spanish Kingdoms
- The Italian Scene
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 10. The Reform of the Church
- The Origins of the Reform
- The Papal Revolution
- Christendom and the East
- Monastic Reforms
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 11. The Renaissances of the Twelfth Century
- Aristotle, Anselm, Abelard, and Ibn Rushd
- Law and Canon Law
- The Recovery of Science
- The Rise of the Universities
- Courtly Life, Love, and Literature
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 12. The Papal Monarchy
- Church against State Once More
- The Consolidation of Papal Authority
- The Revival of Heresy
- The Albigensian Crusade and the Origins of the Inquisition
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- PART THREE The Late Middle Ages: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
- 13. Politics in the Thirteenth Century
- The Rise of Representative Institutions
- England and France
- Germany, Italy, and the Papacy
- The New Mediterranean Superpowers
- Eastern Europe
- Byzantium and Islam in the Thirteenth Century
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 14. Art and Intellect in the Thirteenth Century
- Scholasticism
- From Romanesque to Gothic Vision
- Science and Technology
- Aspects of Popular Culture
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 15. Daily Life at the Medieval Zenith
- Economic Changes
- Peasants' Lives
- Townsfolks' Lives
- The Question of Literacy
- Sex and the City (and the Town, and the Village)
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 16. Changes in Religious Life
- The Importance of Being Penitent
- The Importance of Being Poor
- The Humanization of Christ and the Cult of the Virgin
- Mysticism
- The Spiritual World of Orthodoxy
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 17. The Crises of the Fourteenth Century
- Economic Difficulties
- The Great Famine
- The Black Death
- War Everywhere
- Challenges to Church Unity
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 18. Signs of a New Era
- William of Ockham
- Marsilius of Padua
- Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer
- Christine de Pizan
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- PART FOUR Two Epilogues
- 19. Closings In, Closings Out
- The Last Years of Byzantium
- The Search for a New Route to the East
- Closing In on Muslim Spain
- The Expulsions of the Jews
- Closing In Forever: The Forced Cloistering of Female Religious
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- 20. The Renaissance in Medieval Context
- Economies New and Old circa 1400
- The Meaning of Humanism
- The Canonization of Classical Culture
- The Rejection of the Middle Ages
- Key Terms
- Suggested Reading
- Appendix A: The Medieval Popes
- Appendix B: The Carolingians
- Appendix C: The Capetians
- Appendix D: France: The Valois
- Appendix E: England: The Norman and Plantagenet Dynasties
- Appendix F: England: The Lancastrian and Yorkist Dynasties
- Appendix G: Germany: The Ottonian, Salian, and Hohenstaufen Dynasties
- Appendix H: Germany: The Late Medieval Emperors
- Appendix I: The Spanish Kingdoms, 1000-1250
- Appendix J: The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250-1500
- Appendix K: The Emperors in Constantinople
- Glossary
- Index
