The Middle Ages /

The Middle Ages / / Johannes Fried.

Since the fifteenth century, when humanist writers began to speak of a “middle” period in history linking their time to the ancient world, the nature of the Middle Ages has been widely debated. Across the millennium from 500 to 1500, distinguished historian Johannes Fried describes a dynamic conflue...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Fried, Johannes,
MitwirkendeR:
Lewis, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (590 p.) :; 20 color illustrations, 40 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Boethius and the Rise of Europe
  • 2. Gregory the Great and the New Power of the Franks
  • 3. Charlemagne and the First Renewal of the Roman Empire
  • 4. Consolidation of the Kingdoms
  • 5. The End of Days Draws Menacingly Close
  • 6. “The True Emperor Is the Pope”
  • 7. The Long Century of Papal Schisms
  • 8. The Vicar of God
  • 9. The Triumph of Jurisprudence
  • 10. The Light of Reason
  • 11. The Monarchy
  • 12. Waiting for Judgment Day and the Renaissance
  • Epilogue: The Dark Middle Ages?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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