A History of Medieval Europe

R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. In updating this classic work to a third edition, the additional author now enables students to see history in action; the diverse viewpoints and important research that has been undertaken since Davis' second edition, and progressed historical understanding. A key work updated in a method that both enhances subject understanding and sets important research in its wider context. A vital resource, now up-to-date for generations of historians to come.

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

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