The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First CrusadeW. W. Norton & Company, 22. 2. 2010 - Počet stran: 768 A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world. In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action. Right began to replace might as the engine of empire. Not just Christianity and Islam but also the religions of the Persians, the Germans, and the Mayas were pressed into the service of the state. Even Buddhism and Confucianism became tools for nation building. This phenomenon—stretching from the Americas all the way to Japan—changed religion, but it also changed the state. The History of the Medieval World is a true world history, linking the great conflicts of Europe to the titanic struggles for power in India and Asia. In its pages, El Cid and Guanggaeto, Julian the Apostate and the Brilliant Emperor, Charles the Hammer and Krum the Bulgarian stand side by side. From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the Song Dynasty, from the mission of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, from the sacred wars of India to the establishment of the Knights Templar, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled. |
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Six Earthquake and Invasion 4 The Roman empire the islands | 41 |
Seven Refounding the Kingdom 4 The kingdoms of Goguryeo Baekje | 51 |
Nine Excommunicated 4 The Roman empire the islands ofBritain | 63 |
Ten Cracked in Two 4 The Roman empire 392396 | 72 |
Twelve One Nature versus Two 4 The eastern Roman empire and | 85 |
FortyThree Creating the Past 4 Japan 661714 | 327 |
FortyFour The Days of the Empress 4 China the kingdom of Tibet and | 333 |
FortyFive Paths into Europe 4 The Byzantine empire the Umayyad caliphate | 341 |
FortySix The Kailasa of the South 4 The Umayyad caliphate and India | 357 |
FortyEight The Abbasids 4 The Umayyad caliphate the kingdom of | 363 |
FortyNine Charlemagne 4 Italy the kingdom of the Franks the lands of | 371 |
FiftyThree Castle Lords and Regents 4 Silla and Japan 790872 | 405 |
FiftyFive The Third Dynasty 4 The Abbasid empire 809833 | 423 |
Thirteen Seeking a Homeland 4 The western Roman empire and | 91 |
Fifteen Northern Ambitions 4 China 420464 | 100 |
Sixteen The Huns 4 The western Roman empire the eastern Roman empire | 106 |
Seventeen Attila 4 The western Roman empire the eastern Roman empire | 115 |
Nineteen The High Kings 4 The islands of Britain 451470 | 125 |
Twenty The End of the Roman Myth 4 The western Roman empire | 132 |
Part Three | 141 |
TwentyThree Aspirations 4 China and the kingdoms of Goguryeo Baekje | 159 |
TwentyFour Resentment 4 China 479534 | 165 |
TwentyFive Elected Kings 4 The kingdoms of the Franks the Visigoths | 172 |
TwentySix Invasion and Eruption 4 India and the southeastern islands | 180 |
TwentySeven The Americas 4 Mesoamerica c 500600 | 186 |
TwentyEight Great and Holy Majesty 4 Eastern Africa Arabia the Persian | 193 |
TwentyNine Pestilence 4 The Persian empire the Byzantine empire North Africa | 203 |
Thirty The Heavenly Sovereign 4 The kingdoms of Goguryeo Baekje Silla | 215 |
ThirtyOne Reunification 4 China and Goguryeo 546612 | 223 |
ThirtyTwo The South Indian Kings 4 India 543620 231 Two Emperors 4 Italy the kingdom of the Visigoths the eastern | 237 |
ThirtyFive Gregory the Great 4 Italy and the islands of Britain 572604 | 255 |
ThirtySix The Persian Crusade 4 The eastern Roman empire the Persian | 261 |
ThirtySeven The Prophet 4 Arabia 590622 | 273 |
ThirtyEight Tang Dominance 4 China Japan the Turkish Khaghanates | 282 |
ThirtyNine The Tribe of Faith 4 Arabia 622642 | 291 |
Forty Intersection 4 India and Sri Lanka 640684 | 302 |
Part Four | 317 |
FiftySeven LongLived Kings 4 India and the southeastern islands of Sumatra | 437 |
Sixty The Great Army of the Vikings 4 The islands of Britain 865878 | 458 |
SixtyTwo Kampaku 4 Japan 884940 | 472 |
SixtyFour The Creation of Normandy 4 Italy and Western Francia 902911 | 488 |
SixtySeven The Capture of Baghdad 4 AlAndalus the Abbasid and Fatimid | 504 |
SixtyEight Three Kingdoms 4 Goryeo and China 918979 | 511 |
SixtyNine Kings of England 4 The Scandinavian kingdoms and the islands | 518 |
Seventy The Baptism of the Rus 4 The Byzantine empire Bulgaria and | 530 |
SeventyOne The Holy Roman Emperor 4 Germany Italy and Western Francia | 550 |
SeventyThree Basil the BulgarSlayer 4 The Byzantine Abbasid and Fatimid | 560 |
SeventyFour Defending the Mandate 4 China 9791033 | 568 |
SeventyFive The New Found Land 4 Greenland and the Americas 9851050 | 574 |
SeventySeven Danish Domination 4 England Scotland the Scandinavian | 596 |
SeventyNine The Kings of Spain 4 Spain and North Africa 10161108 | 613 |
Eighty The Arrival of the Turks 4 The Byzantine empire and the lands | 625 |
EightyOne The Loss of the Song 4 China Goryeo and the peoples to the north | 634 |
EightyThree The Call 4 The Byzantine empire Italy Germany and the lands | 648 |
EightyFour Fighting for Jerusalem 4 The Byzantine empire and the lands of | 656 |
EightyFive Aftershocks 4 Spain and Jerusalem 11181129 | 664 |
Notes | 669 |
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Permissions | 719 |
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