Contents
List of Maps
List of Plates
List of Genealogies
List of Figures
Abbreviations, Date Conventions, Websites
Why the Middle Ages Matter Today
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE: Prelude: The Roman World Transformed (c.300–c.600)
Part I: Three Cultures from One
CHAPTER TWO: The Emergence of Sibling Cultures (c.600–c.750)
CHAPTER THREE: Creating New Identities (c.750–c.900)
CHAPTER FOUR: Political Communities Reordered (c.900–c.1050)
Part II: The European Take-Off
CHAPTER FIVE: The Expansion of Europe (c.1050–c.1150)
CHAPTER SIX: Institutionalizing Aspirations (c.1150–c.1250)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Discordant Harmonies (c.1250–c.1350)
CHAPTER EIGHT: Catastrophe and Creativity (c.1350–c.1500)
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix: Lists
Late Roman Emperors
Byzantine Emperors
Popes and Antipopes to 1500
Caliphs
Ottoman Emirs and Sultans
Sources
Index
