The civilization of the Middle Ages : a completely revised and expanded edition of Medieval history, the life and death of a civilization
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Cantor, Norman F.

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Cantor, Norman F. Medieval history.

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New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.

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New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.

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Book

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xiv, 604 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

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General Note

Includes filmography.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-576) and index.

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Surveys the history of the Middle Ages, describes the most influential political and social forces, and looks at everyday life.

The heritage of the ancient world. Politics and society ; Philosophy and religion

The foundations of the Middle Ages. From Judaism to Christianity ; Decline and fall ; The Roman destiny ; Patristic culture

The age of the barbarian invasions. The Germans ; The first century of the invasions ; The Ostrogothic and Frankish kingdoms

Justinian and Mohammed. The nemesis of Byzantine power ; The impact of Islam on early Medieval Europe

The advance of ecclesiastical leadership. The rise of monasticism ; Gregory the Great and the early Medieval papacy

The making of Carolingian kingship. Anglo-Irish culture and the colonial phenomenon ; The Carolingian enigma ; Monarchy and papacy

Culture and society in the first Europe. The Carolingian world ; The feudal organization of society

Ecclesia and mundus. The nature of the early Medieval equilibrium ; The Norman feudal state ; The Ottonian empire ; The Cluniac ideal

Byzantium, Islam, and the West. The limitations of Byzantine and Islamic civilizations ; The rise of Europe

Europe in 1050

The Gregorian world revolution. The nature and origin of the Gregorian reform ; The debate on the essentials of a Christian society ; The German investiture controversy

The Anglo-Norman monarchy and the emergence of the bureaucratic state. The triumph of William the Bastard ; The significance of the English investiture controversy

The First Crusade and after. Origins of the crusading ideal ; Crusading memories

The intellectual expansion of Europe. The acceleration of cultural change ; The legal constituents of high Medieval civilization ; A great generation : five leaders of twelfth-century thought and feeling ; Literature and society in the twelfth century

Moslem and Jewish thought : the Aristotelian challenge. The problem of learning ; Reason and revelation in Moslem and Jewish thought

Varieties of religious experience. Monks and society ; The dimensions of popular heresy

The entrenchment of secular leadership. Power and charisma ; The Capetian ascendancy

The peace of Innocent III. The reaffirmation of papal leadership ; The Dominican and Franciscan ideals

The new consensus and its limitations. The cathedral of intellect ; The moral authority of the state ; The interests of society

The search for order. An old land ; The crisis of the late Middle Ages ; Papacy and clergy ; The European states

Late medieval and Renaissance culture. The harvest of Medieval thought ; The Italian Renaissance ; Medievalism and the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages on film.

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Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.

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Cantor, N. F. (1994). The civilization of the Middle Ages: a completely revised and expanded edition of Medieval history, the life and death of a civilization (1st HarperPerennial ed.). HarperPerennial.

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Cantor, Norman F. 1994. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization. HarperPerennial.

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Cantor, Norman F. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization HarperPerennial, 1994.

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Cantor, Norman F. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization 1st HarperPerennial ed., HarperPerennial, 1994.

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