A History of Medieval Europe:From Constantine to Saint Louis

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Features

• The boxed studies of debates and controversies provide great tools for student exams and essay writing

• The chronological timeline helps students to place key historical events in context

• Maps and figures are key resources to aid students understanding

New to this Edition

• Expanded references and chapter openers are excellent stimulation for debates and essay writing

• Further reading material to give students a rounded view of the subject

• More maps, tables and illustrations help to bring the subject alive

Table of Contents

Part One: The Dark Ages
Introduction
1. Constantine the Great: The New Rome and Christianity
2. The barbarian invasions
3. Three reactions to the barbarian invasions
4. The Church and the Papacy
5. Islam
6. The Franks
7. The Break-up of the Carolingian Empire
8. Europe at the end of the ninth century: economic survey
Part Two: The High Middle Ages (900-1250)
Introduction.
1. The Saxon Empire
2. The Reform of the Papcy
3. Monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries
4. Jerusalem regained and lost: the first three Crusades.
5. Feudal monachy and the French Kingdom (1066-1223)
6.The Emperor Frederrick I Barbarossa (1152-1190)
7. The Crisis of the Church
8. The new era in monachy
9. Europe in the middle of the 13th century: an economic survey
Epilogue: the Mongols

Back Cover

R. H. C. Davis was one of the finest historians of his generation, and his A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis has been recognized for fifty years as the clearest, most authoritative and most approachable introduction to medieval history.

Davis’s exploration of the Dark Ages examines the impact of the Barbarian invasions on Constantine’s Christianized empire, and the gradual emergence of a new social, economic and political order. He discusses the Church and the Papacy, the coming of Islam, and the rise and fall of the Frankish Empire. In his consideration of the High Middle Ages, Davis takes the reader from the Saxon Empire through to an examination of the European economy in the mid-thirteenth century, addressing the spread of monasticism, the papal reform, the crusades, and feudal monarchy.

The third edition, revised by R. I. Moore, leaves the text unaltered, but reflects the considerable growth in our knowledge of the period. New features include:

·         A new Preface, outlining Davis's view of the importance and relevance of medieval history

·         Postscripts to each part, introducing the most important new interpretations of the period to have emerged since the book was written, and showing how Davis's views relate to them

·         New maps and illustrations

·         Updated reading lists

Combining a strong narrative history of the period with an introduction to diverse historical perspectives, this book is essential reading for all students of medieval history.

The late R. H. C. Davis was Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Universityof Birmingham. He was also Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Historical Society, and the BritishAcademy. As one of the leading medievalists of his generation, his research made fundamental contributions to many aspects of English history.

R. I. Moore is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Universityof Newcastle upon Tyneand Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. He was a pupil and friend of R. H. C. Davis. He is co-editor (with H. Mayr-Harting) of Studies in Medieval History presented to R. H. C. Davis (1985), and author of The First European Revolution (2001).

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