The Two Cities

First published to wide critical acclaim in 1992, The Two Cities has become an essential text for students of medieval history. For the second edition, the author has thoroughly revised each chapter, bringing the material up to date and taking the historiography of the past decade into account. The Two Cities covers a colourful period from the schism between the eastern and western churches to the death of Dante. It encompasses key topics such as: the Crusades the expansionist force of the Normans major developments in the way kings, emperors and Popes exercised their powers a great flourishing of art and architecture the foundation of the very first universities. Running through it all is the defining characteristic of the high Middle Ages: the delicate relationship between the spiritual and secular worlds, the two 'cities' of the title. This survey provides all the facts and background information that students need, and is defined into straightforward thematic chapters. It makes extensive use of primary sources, and makes new trends in research accessible to students. Its fresh approach gives students the most rounded, lively and integrated view of the high Middle Ages available.

ISBN 0415174155   Pages 540 ISBN13 9780415174152 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1086 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780415096829 Publication date 08 Apr 2004   Height (mm) 250 Library of Congress CB351 \.B239 2004   Width (mm) 180 DEWEY 940.17   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

		List of illustrations
		Preface to the first edition
		Preface to the second edition
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction		1
Pt. I		The social and economic structure
1		The physical environment		5
2		Social structure		24
3		Economic development		57
Pt. II		The church
4		The papacy		83
5		The crusades		112
6		Monasticism and the friars		131
7		Popular religion and heresy		155
Pt. III		Political change
8		The empire		179
9		The kingdom of Sicily		206
10		The Italian city-states		229
11		The Capetian monarchy		247
12		The kingdom of England		275
13		The Iberian kingdoms		305
14		The states of eastern and northern Europe		326
15		The crusader states		353
Pt. IV		Perceptions of the world
16		The medieval world view		375
17		Intellectual life		399
18		Art and society		418
19		Western Christendom and the wider world		445
		Chronology		462
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"Reviews for the previous edition: .""Barber has filled an important gap . for years, leaders of undergraduate courses on the central Middle Ages have longed for a book like this: a single volume which supplies useful outline reference material as an adjunct to a clear and wide ranging analysis of complex events, and one which presents a rounded view of the different aspects of the period, on association with a bountiful supply of relevant primary sources in translation. Above all, a book which presents the period as dynamic and fascinating, and positively invites the user to read more widely . a real tour de force."-"Times Higher Education Supplement "Malcolm Barber has succeeded admirably . a fine book . should find a wide and grateful readership."-" History "A valuable introduction."-"History Today "A historical survey of unusual comprehensiveness. Warmly recommended to upper-division undergraduates and their instructors."-"Choice

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