A history of medieval Europe : from Constantine to Saint Louis /

R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of undergraduate and 'A' level students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. His book has been important grounding for both modernists req...

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Main Author: Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Other Authors: Moore, R. I. (Robert Ian), 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006
Edition:Third edition
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Constantine the Great: the New Rome and Christianity
  • The barbarian invasions
  • Three reactions to the barbarian invasions
  • The Church and the Papacy
  • Islam
  • The Franks
  • The break-up of the Carolingian Empire
  • Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey
  • The Saxon Empire
  • The reform of the Papacy
  • Monasticism in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
  • Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades
  • Feudal monarchy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223)
  • The Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190)
  • The crisis of the Church
  • The new era in monarchy
  • Europe in the middle of the thirteenth century: an economic survey
  • Epilogue: the Mongols.