Medieval Europe

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Cover page......Page 1 Halftitle page......Page 2 Title page......Page 4 Copyright page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Illustrations and maps......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 chapter one A new look at the middle ages......Page 42 chapter two Rome and its western successors, 500–750......Page 63 chapter three Crisis and transformation in the east, 500–850/1000......Page 84 chapter four The Carolingian experiment, 750–1000......Page 102 chapter five The expansion of Christian Europe, 500–1100......Page 121 chapter six Reshaping western Europe, 1000–1150......Page 140 chapter seven The long economic boom, 950–1300......Page 162 chapter eight The ambiguities of political reconstruction, 1150–1300......Page 182 chapter nine 1204: the failure of alternatives......Page 211 chapter ten Defining society: gender and community in late medieval Europe......Page 227 chapter eleven Money, war and death, 1350–1500......Page 251 chapter twelve Rethinking politics, 1350–1500......Page 276 chapter thirteen Conclusion......Page 293 Notes......Page 299 Bibliography......Page 329 Index......Page 357