Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Preface to the English Edition 1 Europe’s Grand Dialogue xix
4. 1 Europe’s Grand Dialogue 1
5. Part I Foundations
6. EURASIA AND THE GRECO-ROMAN LEGACY
7. 2 The Luck of Geography 13
8. 3 Greek Thought 21
9. 4 Rome 44
10. 5 The Roman Legacy 62
11. TRANSMISSION AND TRANSLATION
12. 6 New Powers, Scribal Monks 70
13. 7 First Rebirths and the Striving for a New Order 93
14. 8 Arab Spring, Byzantine Autumn 111
15. part ii The Development of Possibilities 1000–1400
16. TURNING POINTS
17. 9 The Centers of the World 133
18. 10 Takeoff under the Sun 148
19. 11 Latin Europe Falls Apart 159
20. 12 Vertical Power, Horizontal Power 182
21. 13 Origins of the “Great Divergence” 202
22. 14 First “Renaissances” 214
23. 15 New Horizons, New Things 247
24. FIRST LIGHTS, COLD WEATHER, AND DEATH: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
25. 16 Italian Overture 269
26. 17 A World(view) Falls Apart 298
27. 18 Before the Great Renaissance 321
28. 19 The Sun Sets in the East 344
29. Part III The Realization of Possibilities 1400–1600
30. ARTISTS AND HUMANISTS, WARS AND COUNCILS: 1400–1450
31. 20 Florence at First Light 355
32. 21 From Constance to Constantinople 372
33. 22 Children of the Discursive Revolution 394
34. COMPETITION AND CREATIVITY: 1450–1500
35. 23 Le tens revient 430
36. 24 Media Revolution 457
37. 25 New Worlds 466
38. 26 Witches, High Finance, and the Authority of the State 485
39. HIGH RENAISSANCE
40. 27 Raison d’État Is Born 506
41. 28 Travels to Utopia, Art Worlds 516
42. 29 South Wind 544
43. NEW EMPIRES, NEW KNOWLEDGE, RELIGIOUS SCHISM
44. 30 Empires and Emperors 560
45. 31 Religious Revolution 583
46. 32 Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres 631
47. 33 The Great Chain of Being 649
48. 34 The Dissection of Man 656
49. ICY TIMES
50. 35 European Tableau I 665
51. 36 European Tableau II 698
52. 37 Beyond the Pillars of Hercules 713
53. 38 Autumn of the Renaissance 737
54. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
55. 39 Observation, Experimentation, Calculation 773
56. 40 The Sun Rises in the West 783
57. ON THE CUSP OF MODERNITY
58. 41 In the Age of Leviathan 803
59. 42 The Mechanical Universe 821
60. 43 The Archaeology of Modernity 830
61. Part IV Conclusions
62. 44 Vertical Power, Sky High 843
63. 45 Pastoral Power 852
64. 46 Lost Civilizations, Stubborn States 866
65. 47 Why Not China? 886
66. 48 Deep History 900
67. 49 Epilogue 914
68. Postscript to the First German Edition 935
69. Postscript to the New German Edition 939
70. notes 941
71. abbreviations 1015
72. bibliography 1017
73. List of IMAGES 1097
74. Color Plate Credits 1113
75. Index of Names 1115