Early Medieval Europe 300-1050

PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Why study this period? Formative character Challenges to study This book's aims Questions, models, and experiments PART II: EMPIRE AND PEOPLES Introduction Chapter 2 From Roman Empire to barbarian kingdoms: cataclysm or transition? The First Doom and Gloom Model The Second Doom and Gloom Model The Deliberate Roman Policy Model Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 3 The dismemberment and survival of the Byzantine Empire The First Doom and Gloom Model The Second Doom and Gloom Model The Deliberate Byzantine Policy Model Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 4 The Arab conquests Approach 1: Accepting validity of the written sources Approach 2: Being sceptical of the sources Approach 3: Reading back from the heyday of the Umayyad and 'Abbasid caliphates Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 5 The making of peoples The Biological Model The Constitutional Model Why did peoples form? Companion website resources Research and study Conclusion Timeline: Part II PART III: POWER AND SOCIETY Introduction Chapter 6 Pagan, Roman, and Christian beliefs about Rulers: ideological power Paganism and rulership Roman ideology and kingship Christianity and rulership Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 7 Edicts, taxes, and armies: bureaucratic power Written documents Oral communication, symbolism, and ritual Government departments and staff Capabilities of governments Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 8 Kings, warriors, and women: personal power War-bands Feasting, drinking, and the hall The social pyramid Aristocratic elites The role of women Nearness to the king Companion website resources Research and study Conclusion Timeline: Part III PART IV: THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION Introduction Chapter 9 Trade as a driving force? Pirenne and his critics The nature of the Roman and Byzantine economies The economic influence of the Arab caliphate Decline and revival of trade? Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 10 Cultivating the land: the basis of European society? The continuity of Roman agriculture An agricultural revolution? Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 11 Towns and cities: the functions of urban life The fate of Roman cities Functions of cities and towns Growth of cities and towns New towns Cities and towns as tools of power Companion website resources Research and study Conclusion Timeline: Part IV PART V: THE CHURCH'S TRIUMPH Introduction Chapter 12 Conversion to Christianity The Roman Empire The barbarians within the Roman Empire Conversion outside the former Roman Empire Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 13 The success of monasticism 'Bottom-up' model 'Top-down' model Companion website resources Research and study Chapter 14 The power of bishops and popes Bishops and popes in the Church hierarchy The resources of popes and bishops Bishops and popes in the world Companion website resources Research and study Conclusion Timeline: Part V General Conclusion Sources References Image Credits

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