The Middle Ages
Fried, Johannes
The Middle Ages / Johannes Fried - Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press , 2015 - 580 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Biography and index included
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?
Johannes Fried gives us a Middle Ages full of people encountering the unfamiliar, grappling with new ideas, redefining power, and interacting with different societies - an era characterized by continuities and discontinuities, the vibrant expansion of knowledge, and an understanding of the growing complexity of the world.
Translated from the German to English
9780674055629
Civilization, Medieval
Europe---History---392-814
909.07 FRI
The Middle Ages / Johannes Fried - Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press , 2015 - 580 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Biography and index included
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?
Johannes Fried gives us a Middle Ages full of people encountering the unfamiliar, grappling with new ideas, redefining power, and interacting with different societies - an era characterized by continuities and discontinuities, the vibrant expansion of knowledge, and an understanding of the growing complexity of the world.
Translated from the German to English
9780674055629
Civilization, Medieval
Europe---History---392-814
909.07 FRI
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