Medieval World: Europe 1100-1350

452 Pages·1998·51.193 MB·English

by  Friedrich Heer

THE WORLD HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION
The Medieval World
Europe iioo-i^jo

The
Medieval World
EUROPE
1100—1350
FRIEDRICH HEER
ProfessoroftheHistoryofIdeas
UniversifyofVienna
Translatedfrom theGermanby
JANET SONDHEIMER
THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY
CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK
Publiskdbytheworldpublishingcompany
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FiratpublishedinGermany 1961 underthetitleMittelalter
LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber: 61-1S020
FIRST EDITION
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Copyright© 1961 byGeorgeWcidenfcldandNicolsonLtd.
Englishtranslationcopyright©1962GeorgeWcidenfeldandNicolsonLtd.
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformwithout
writtenpermissionfromthepublisher^exceptforbriefpassages
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD
xiii
EUROPE IIOO-I35O
1 I
2 ARISTOCRACY AND PEASANTRY I4
THE FAITH OF CHURCH AND PEOPLE
3 35
4 URBAN LIFE AND ECONOMY 46
THE TWELFTH CENTURY AWAKENING
5 74
6 THE CRUSADES AND THE CONFLICT OF EAST
AND WEST 96
COURTLY LOVE AND COURTLY LITERATURE I23
_7
8 POPULAR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS I58
INTELLECTUALISM AND THE UNIVERSITIES I90
9
10 INTELLECTUAL WARFARE IN PARIS 213
11 HISTORY 227
12 SCIENCE 239
13 JEWS AND WOMEN 254
14 THE NEW STATE AND THE NEW CHURCH 267
VERNACULAR LITERATURE
15 295
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
16 313
BIBLIOGRAPHY 340
INDEX
352
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