The worlds of medieval Europe /
Backman, Clifford R.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Early Middle Ages: The Third through Ninth Centuries -- The Roman World at its Height -- The Rise of Christianity -- Early Germanic Society -- Cloister and Culture -- The Emergence of the Medieval Worlds -- The Carolingian Era -- The Central Middle Ages: The Tenth through Twelfth Centuries -- The Time of Troubles -- Revolutions on Land and Sea -- A New Europe Emerges: North and South -- The Reform of the Church -- The Renaissances of the Twelfth Century -- The Papal Monarchy -- The Late Middle Ages: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries -- Politics in the Thirteenth Century -- Art and Intellect in the Thirteenth Century -- Daily Life at the Medieval Zenith -- Changes in Religious Life -- The Crises of the Fourteenth Century -- Signs of a New Era -- Two Epilogues -- Closings in, Closings out -- The Renaissance in Medieval Context.
Civilization, Medieval.
Feudalism
Monarchy
Kings and rulers, Medieval.
Middle Ages.