The First European Revolution

970-1215
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-631-22277-4
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Making of Europe

This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth centuries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Robert I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Figures.

Series Editor's Preface.

Preface.

Introduction.

Part I: The Approach of the Millennium:.

1. Glad confident morning.

2. The Faithful People.

3. The Gifts of the Saints.

4. An Age of Miracles.

Part II: The Powerful and the Poor:.

5. The Urban Revolution.

6. The Crisis of the Carolingian Regime.

7. The End of Affluence.

8. The Shaping of an Agrarian Economy.

9. The Little Community.

Part III: Sex and the Social Order:.

10. Family, Land and Power.

11. Vying in Good Works.

12. Chastity, Property and Obedience.

13. Incest, Matrimony and Chivalry.

14. Brothers in Christ.

15. Apostacy and Betrayal.

Part IV: The Ruling Culture:.

16. The Highest Learning.

17. The Giant' s Shoulders.

18. New monarchy, new men.

19. Courts and Courtiers.

20. A Governing Passion.

21. Doubt, Hesitation and Pain.

Part V: Order Restored:.

22. Pious and Inflexible Severity.

23. The Pursuit of Monopoly.

24. The Community of the Faithful.

25. Exporting the Revolution.

26. The Europe of the New Regime.

Table od Dates.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

R. I. Moore has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1993. He previously taught at Sheffield University, and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. His previous books include The Birth of Popular Heresy (1975), The Origins of European Dissent (1977) and The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250 (1987). He is also General Editor of the Blackwell History of the World series.