An introduction to medieval Europe, 300-1500 /

"First edition.""For this revision of his History of the middle ages, 300-1500 ... (W.W. Norton & company, inc., 1931) Professor Thompson put at my disposal a manuscript in which he made many alterations from the original text. I am deeply obligated to him not only for this opport...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thompson, James Westfall, 1869-1941, Johnson, Edgar Nathaniel, 1901-1969 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. [©1937]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Graeco-oriental conquest of the Roman Empire
  • The Christian conquest of the Roman Empire (I): the spread and transformation of Christianity
  • The Christian conquest of the Roman Empire (II): the development of church organization. Monasticism. The Latin church fathers
  • The German conquest of the Roman Empire (I): to the end of the fourth century
  • The German conquest of the Roman Empire (II): From the end of the fourth century to the end of the sixth
  • The Byzantine Empire
  • The empire of the Arabs
  • The civilization of early Western Europe
  • The Frankish state under the Carolingians
  • The collapse of the Carolingian Empire
  • Feudalism
  • Manorialism
  • The revival of the empire
  • The apex and decline of the Holy Roman Empire
  • The development of the English state (1066-1272)
  • France under the Capetian kings (987-1204)
  • France under the Capetian kings (1204-1328)
  • Western Europe encroaches on Islam, the crusades
  • The revival of trade and industry
  • The urban revolution, the gilds
  • The medieval reformation
  • The triumph of the church
  • The medieval renaissance (I): philosophy, science education
  • The medieval renaissance (II): literature, art, music
  • The development of the English state (1272-1485)
  • Western Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
  • Central and eastern Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
  • The church in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
  • Learning and art in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.