A Companion to the Medieval World Book

Notes on Contributors.

PART I THE MIDDLE AGES.

1 The Idea of a Middle Ages (Edward D. English and Carol Lansing).

PART II EARLY MEDIEVAL FOUNDATIONS.

2 Economies and Societies in Early Medieval Western Europe (Matthew Innes).

3 Politics and Power (Hans Hummer).

4 Religious Culture and the Power of Tradition in the Early Medieval West (Yitzhak Hen).

PART III POPULATIONS AND THE ECONOMY.

5 Economic Takeoff and the Rise of Markets (James Paul Masschaele).

6 Rural Families in Medieval Europe (Phillipp R. Schofield).

7 Marriage in Medieval Latin Christendom (Martha Howell).

8 Gender and Sexuality (John Arnold).

9 Society, Elite Families, and Politics in Late Medieval Italian Cities (Edward D. English).

PART IV RELIGIOUS CULTURE.

10 New Religious Movements and Reform (Maureen C. Miller).

11 Monastic and Mendicant Communities (Constance H. Berman).

12 Hospitals in the Middle Ages (James W. Brodman).

13 Popular Belief and Heresy (Carol Lansing).

14 Jews in the Middle Ages (Kenneth R. Stow).

15 Muslims in Medieval Europe (Olivia Remie Constable).

PART V POLITICS AND POWER.

16 Confl ict Resolution and Legal Systems (Thomas Kuehn).

17 Medieval Rulers and Political Ideology (Robert W. Dyson).

18 Papal Monarchy (Andreas Meyer).

19 Urban Historical Geography and the Writing of Late Medieval Urban History (Teofi lo F. Ruiz).

20 Bureaucracy and Literacy (Richard Britnell).

21 The Practice of War (Clifford J. Rogers).

22 Expansion and the Crusades (Christopher Tyerman).

PART VI TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURE.

23 Romanesque and Gothic Church Architecture (Stephen Murray).

24 Aristocratic Culture: Kinship, Chivalry, and Court Culture (Richard E. Barton).

25 Philosophy and Humanism (Stephen Gersh).

26 Philosophy and Theology in the Universities (Philipp W. Rosemann).

PART VII THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES.

27 Medieval Europe in World History (R. I. Moore).

Index.