3rd Edition

A History of Medieval Europe From Constantine to Saint Louis

By R.H.C. Davis Copyright 2005
496 Pages
by Routledge

496 Pages
by Routledge

496 Pages
by Routledge

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 required to take a course in medieval history, and those who seek to specialise in the medieval period. In... Read more

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

Biography

R. H. C. Davis, R. I. Moore, Joanna, Huntington