A history of Medieval Europe /

Table of Contents:

Preface
The Middle Ages and their heritage: the idea of the unity of Christendom
SECTION ONE (c800-c.1046): The revival of empire - Charlemagne to Henry III
Serfdom and feudalism
Religious and political ideals
SECTION TWO (c1046-c.1216): Empire and papacy-The beginning of the struggle
The expansion of Europe
New movements in thought and letters
The twelfth century revolution in government
The Crusades
Innocent III - The Papacy triumphant
SECTION THREE (C.1216-C.1330): The universities and the friars: St. Thomas, St. Francis, and Abbot Joachim
The struggle of the popes and the Hohenstaufen
The Crusades in the Thirteenth Century
France and England: the growth of national communities
Boniface VIII and the onset of crisis in the church
SECTION FOUR (c.1330-c.1460): Economic and social development in the later Middle Ages
The Hundred Years War
Politics and political society in an age of wars
Upheaval in the church: Avignon, the Great Schism and the councils
Europe and the infidel after the Crusades
Epilogue
The break with traditional attitudes
Appendix: Tables of the royal houses and popes.