ABSTRACT
First published in 1939, this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne's extremely popular and influential history of Europe in the Middle Ages. It begins with the Barbarian and Musulman invasions in the fifth century AD, which signalled the end of the Roman world in the West, and ends in the middle of the sixteenth century with the Renaissance and the Reformation. Universally praised for its detailed and impartial approach, this reissue will be very welcome news to both students of medieval history and to the general reader seeking a definitive review of the period.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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BOOK ONE: THE END OF THE ROMAN WORLD IN THE WEST
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BOOK TWO: THE CAROLINGIAN EPOCH
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BOOK THREE: FEUDAL EUROPE
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BOOK FOUR: THE WAR OF INVESTITURES AND THE CRUSADE
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BOOK FIVE: THE FORMATION OF THE BOURGEOISIE
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BOOK SIX: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WESTERN STATES
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BOOK SEVEN: THE HEGEMONY OF THE PAPACY AND OF FRANCE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
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BOOK EIGHT: THE EUROPEAN CRISIS (1300–1450)
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BOOK NINE: THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION