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082 1 _a909.07 FRI
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100 1 _aFried, Johannes
245 1 0 _aThe Middle Ages
_c/ Johannes Fried
260 _aCambridge, MA
_b: Belknap Press
_c, 2015
300 _a580 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 25 cm
504 _aBiography and index included
505 0 0 _a1. 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?
520 _aJohannes 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.
546 _aTranslated from the German to English
650 4 _aCivilization, Medieval
651 4 _aEurope
_x-History
_y-392-814
700 1 _aLewis, Peter
942 _cMO
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