Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations and maps vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Maps ix
6. Images xvii
7. 1. A new look at the middle ages 1
8. 2. Rome and its western successors, 500–750 22
9. 3. Crisis and transformation in the east, 500–850/1000 43
10. 4. The Carolingian experiment, 750–1000 61
11. 5. The expansion of Christian Europe, 500–1100 80
12. 6. Reshaping western Europe, 1000–1150 99
13. 7. The long economic boom, 950–1300 121
14. 8. The ambiguities of political reconstruction, 1150–1300 141
15. 9. 1204: the failure of alternatives 170
16. 10. Defining society: gender and community in late medieval Europe 186
17. 11. Money, war and death, 1350–1500 210
18. 12. Rethinking politics, 1350–150 235
19. 13. Conclusion 252
20. Notes 258
21. Bibliography 288
22. Index 316