Europe in the High Middle Ages
By: William Chester Jordan.
Series: The Penguin history of Europe
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Middle Ages -- History; Civilization, Medieval; Europe -- History -- 476-1492
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-354) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: EUROPE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY; title: 1 Christendom in the Year ooo 5; title: 2 Mediterranean Europe 20; title: 3 Northmen, Celts and Anglo-Saxons 38; title: 4 Francia/France 52; title: 5 Central Europe 66; title: PART II: THE RENAISSANCE OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY; title: 6 The Investiture Controversy 85; title: 7 The First Crusade 1oo; title: 8 The World of Learning 113; title: 9 Cultural Innovations of the Twelfth Century:; title: Vernacular Literature and Architecture 29; title: 10 Political Power and Its Contexts I 143; title: 11 Political Power and Its Contexts II 16; title: PART III: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY; title: 12 Social Structures 181; title: I3 The Pontificate of Innocent III and the Fourth; title: Lateran Council 194; title: 14 Learning 213; title: 15 The Kingdoms of the North zz6; title: 16 Baltic and Central Europe 243; title: 17 The Gothic World 259; title: 18 Southern Europe 271; title: PART IV: CHRISTENDOM IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY; title: I9 Famine and Plague z89; title: 20 Political and Social Violence 302; title: 21 The Church in Crisis 314; title: Epilogue 327; title: APPENDIX: Genealogical Tables 329; title: References 344; title: Suggested Reading 348; title: Index 355.