ABSTRACT

R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of undergraduate and ‘A’ level students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. His book has been important grounding for both modernists required to take a course in medieval history, and those who seek to specialise in the medieval period.

In updating this classic work to a third edition, the additional author now enables students to see history in action; the diverse viewpoints and important research that has been undertaken since Davis’ second edition, and progressed historical understanding. Each of Davis original chapters now concludes with a ‘new directions and developments’ section by Professor RI Moore, Emeritus of Newcastle University.

A key work updated in a method that both enhances subject understanding and sets important research in its wider context. A vital resource, now up-to-date for generations of historians to come.

part |222 pages

The Dark Ages

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter |15 pages

Constantine the Great

the New Rome and Christianity

chapter |18 pages

The barbarian invasions

chapter |24 pages

The Church and the Papacy

chapter |21 pages

Islam

chapter |47 pages

The Franks

chapter |24 pages

Europe at the end of the ninth century

Economic survey

part |236 pages

The High Middle Ages 900–1250

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |24 pages

The Saxon Empire

chapter |27 pages

The reform of the Papacy

chapter |20 pages

Jerusalem regained and lost

the first three Crusades

chapter |27 pages

The crisis of the Church

chapter |24 pages

The new era in monarchy

chapter |18 pages

Europe in the middle of the thirteenth century

An economic survey