Medieval Civilization » (1st Edition)

Kay Slocum is professor of history and Gerhold Professor of Humanities at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where she specializes in Gothic period and has a particular interest in medieval music. A winner of two university-wide teaching awards, Professor Slocum has also written numerous articles. Her most recent publication, a study of the liturgies composed for Thomas Becket, is forthcoming with the University of Toronto Press.

Slocum (history and humanities, Capital U., Ohio) casts more light on the 1,000 years that are still emerging from their reputation as The Dark Ages, by integrating and presenting the many varied facets of medieval culture and civilization. Necessarily sacrificing depth for breadth, she explores in chronological order such aspects as Islam, the Carolingian Empire, the agricultural revolution, pilgrimage and Crusades, the 12-century Renaissance, and new currents in religion. She includes a glossary without pronunciation guides. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Part I: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES (500-1000). 1. The Foundations of Medieval Civilization. 2. The Successors of Rome. 3. The Emergence of Islam. 4. The Carolingian Empire. Part II: CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES (900-1200). 5. The Agricultural Revolution and the Rise of Feudal Society. 6. East and West: The Consolidation of Power (900-1150). 7. The Expansion of Christian Europe. 8. Romanesque Culture. 9. The 12th Century: Politics and Church. 10. The 12th Century Renaissance: Culture and Society. Part III: THE FLOWERING OF MEDEIVAL CULTURE (1200-1450). 11. Politics in the High Middle Ages. 12. New Currents in Religion. 13. Culture of the High Middle Ages. 14. The Traumatic 14th Century.