List of Maps
12 The political and physical geography of Europe today
18 Europe in 350
18 Europe in 800
19 Europein 1150
19 Europein 1500
22 The climate of Europe
27 Europe's natural advantages
28 Barbarian movements in the 4th and 5th centuries
36 The empire of Justinian
40 Merovingian Gaul
43 Italy in the Ostrogothic and Lombard periods
48 England and Ireland in the 8th century
50 The expansion of Islam
52 Carolingian Europe
63 Viking expansion
67 Revival of the eastern empire under the Macedonian emperors
69 Islamic disintegration in the 11th century
70 Spain in the Visigothic and Umayyad periods
75 Feudal states of early Capetian France
78 Routes over the Alps
80 The German kingdom in the 10th century
88 Ecclesiastical foundations of the 12th and
13th centuries
90 Crusader states
94 The German empire in the Salian and Staufen periods
96 The Norman states of southern Italy
98 The Plantagenet empire
104 Pilgrim routes to Compostela
109 The development of the papal state
111 The Mongol empire
112 Egypt under the Mamluks
114 Spain in 1300
118 France under St Louis
128 Northern waters
133 Commerce in the 14th century
165 The distribution of Gothic architecture and universities
184 Greece and the Balkans
185 The Ottoman empire
187 The lands of the crown of Aragon
188 Bohemia
190 Poland and Lithuania
192 Hungary
195 Russia
196 The Anglo-French war
199 England and Wales
201 Scotland
202 Ireland
203 The German empire in the late Middle Ages
204 The life of Petrarch
208 The Low Countries under the dukes of
Burgundy
210 Switzerland
212 Italy in the 15th century
223 Portugal
224 Discoveries in the 15th century
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CONTENTS
8 Chronological Table
10 Preface
11 The Idea of the Middle Ages
16 Medieval Themes
Part One: Disintegration of the Ancient World
26 The Roman World and its Enemies
36 The Affirmation of Faith
53 The Self-Assertion of the North
Part Two: Breaking New Ground
66 Shaping New Forces
87 Christendom on the Move
108 Setting up a New Order
120 The Growth of Towns
Part Three: Fruits of Civilization
URBAN SOCIETY
141 Town Government 158
142 Trade 160
144 Industry
146 Everyday Life
148 Travel
150 Education
152 Science and Medicine
RURAL SOCIETY The Social Structure Hunting and Fishing
THE ARTS
164 Architecture
170 Stone Scul pture
172 Woodwork
174 Stories in Painted Glass
178 Music
179 Literature
180 Manuscript Illumination
Part Four: Consolidation of the Land
182 Separate Identities
206 The Axis of Western Europe
222 Epilogue: Europe discovers the World
226 Glossary
227 List of Illustrations
229 Bibliography
231 Gazetteer
237 Index
Special Features
56 The Carolingian Renaissance
78 Alpine Passes
82 The Medieval Church
100 Mirabilia Urbis Romae
102 Pilgrimage to Compostela
106 Castles
204 Petrarch: The First Humanist
218 The Invention of Printing
220 Medieval Mapmaking
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rofessor Donald Matthew taught at the universities of Liverpool, Rennes and Durham before being appointed in 1978 to his present post as Professor of History at the University of Reading. His previous publications include The Norman Monasteries and Their English Possessions (1962), The Norman Conquest (1966) and The Medieval European Community (1977).
Other titles published in the series:
Atlas of Ancient Egypt
John Baines and Jaromir Malek
36 maps; 530 illustrations, 380 in colour
"a book that no one with any interest in ancient Egypt can afford to be without", Peter Clayton, Popular Archaeology
Professor Donald Matthew taught at the universities of Liverpool, Rennes and Durham before being appointed in 1978 to his present post as Professor of History at the University of Reading. His previous publications include The Norman Monasteries and Their English Possessions (1962), The Norman Conquest (1966) and The Medieval European Community (1977).