the life and death of a civilizationCantor, Norman F.creatortextnyu1963monographiceng

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622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmStudies on the ideas and institutions of Western civilization from 200 A.D. to 1500 A.D.Prologue: The uses of history -- Introduction: The scope of Medieval history : Historiographical outline ; The periods of Medieval history ; The themes of early Medieval history.I. The Roman destiny: Second to Fifth centuries : 1. "Decline and fall" : The Roman empire in the second century ; The crisis of the Roman world ; The religious quest of the Roman world -- 2. The Christian empire and the Christian church : The shaping of the Catholic church ; Constantine the Christian emperor ; The Christian Roman empire -- 3. The making of Latin Christianity : Athens and Jerusalem ; Augustine's pilgrimage ; Main themes in Latin patristic thought.II. The transformation of European government and society: Fifth to Eighth centuries : 4. The age of the barbarian invasions : The Germans ; The first century of the invasions ; The second phase of the invasions: the Ostrogothic and Frankish kingdoms -- 5. Justinian and Mohamed : The nemesis of Byzantine power ; The impact of Islam on early medieval Europe -- 6. The advance of ecclesiastical leadership : The monastic foundations of medieval civilization ; Gregory the great and the early medieval papacy.III. The first Europe: Eighth and Ninth centuries : 7. The making of Carolingian kingship : Anglo-Irish culture and the colonial phenomenon ; The Carolingian enigma ; Monarchy and papacy -- 8. Culture and society in the first Europe : The Carolingian world ; The feudal organization of society.IV. The early medieval equilibrium: Tenth and earlier Eleventh centuries : 9. Ecclesia and Mundus : The nature of the early medieval equilibrium The Norman feudal state ; The Ottonian empire ; The Cluniac ideal -- 10. Byzantium, Islam, and the West : The limitations of the Byzantine and Islamic civilizations ; The rise of Europe.V. The age of the Gregorian reform: Later Eleventh and early Twelfth centuries : 11. On the threshold of the high middle ages : High medieval Europe in historical perspective ; 12. Europe in 1050 -- 12. The Gregorian world revolution: The nature and origin of the Gregorian reform ; The debate on the essentials of a Christian society ; The German investiture controversy -- 13. The Anglo-Norman monarchy and the emergence of the bureaucratic state : The triumph of William the Bastard ; The significance of the English investiture controversy -- 14. The first crusade and after : Origins of the crusading ideal ; Vicissitudes and decline of the crusading movement.VI. Learning, piety, and power: Twelfth century : 15. The intellectual expansion of Europe : The acceleration of cultural change ; The legal constituents of the high medieval civilization ; A great generation: five leaders of twelfth-century thought and feeling ; Literature and society in the twelfth century -- 16. Moslem and Jewish thought: the Aristotelian challenge : The problem of learning ; Reason and revelation in Moslem and Jewish thought -- 17. Varieties of religious experience : The problem of piety ; The institutionalization of asceticism ; The dimensions of popular heresy -- 18. The entrenchment of secular leadership : The problem of power ; The value of charisma ; The Capetian ascendancy.VII. The search for a new equilibrium: Earlier and mid-Thirteenth century : 19. The peace of Innocent III : The reaffirmation of papal leadership ; The Dominican and Franciscan ideals -- 20. The new consensus and its limitations : The Cathedral of intellect ; The moral authority of the state ; The interests of society.VIII. The breakdown: Later Thirteenth and early Fourteenth centuries : 21. The failure of the new consensus : The death wish of medieval society ; The dissolution of the medieval thought-world ; The new violence.IX. An end and a beginning: Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries : 22. Between two worlds : "Autumn" and "Renaissance ; Concluding thoughts on Medieval history.Norman F. Cantor.Includes bibliographical references and index.Middle AgesMoyen �AgeMiddle AgesKultur Kirchengeschichte 100-1500. D118 .C3909D118 .C3NM 1400Q 40.1Cantor, Norman F.New York, Macmillan [1963](OCoLC)56808556063003927DLC72082520231213052750.0ocm00391792 eng