Fried, Johannes  <br/><br/>
The Middle Ages 
/ Johannes Fried 
 - Cambridge, MA  : Belknap Press  , 2015 
 - 580 p.  : illus.  ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/>Biography and index included 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the German to English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674055629 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Medieval
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe---History---392-814
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.07 FRI