Table of ContentsPart I: The Early Middle Ages: The Birth of Europe
Introduction- Rome Becomes Christian
- The Waning of the Western Empire
- Byzantium Endures
- Early Western Christendom
- The Ascent of Islam
- Carolingian Europe
- Division, Invasion, and Reorganization
Part II: The Central Middle Ages: Reform, Revival, and Expansion
Introduction
- Economic Takeoff and Social Change
- New Paths to God
- Conquests, Crusades, and Persecutions
- Worlds in Collision: Papacy and Holy Roman Empire
- States in the Making: England and France
- Literature, Art, and Thought
Part III: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Creativity
Introduction
- Famine, Plague, and Recovery
- Toward the Sovereign State
- Diversity and Dynamism in Late Medieval Culture
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