Europe's long twelfth century : order, anxiety and adaptation, 1095-1229 / John D. Cotts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotts, John D.

Series:

European history in perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

History.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Social change--Europe--History--To 1500.

Europe--Church history--600-1500.

Church history.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Intellectual life.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.

Social conditions.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

xi, 244 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Between 1095 and 1229, Western Europe confronted a series of alternative cultural possibilities that would fundamentally transform its social structures, its intellectual life, and its very identity. It was a period of difficult decisions and anxiety rather than a triumphant 'renaissance'.

In this fresh reassessment of the twelfth century, John D. Cotts:

shows how new social, economic, and religious options challenged Europeans to re-imagine their place in the world

provides an overview of political life and detailed examples of the original thought and religious enthusiasm of the time

presents the Crusades as the century's defining movement.

Ideal for students and scholars alike, this is an essential overview of a pivotal era in medieval history that arguably paved the way for a united Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Varieties of Political Order in the Latin West 14

The German Empire, the Papacy, and Northern Italy 20

Multicultural Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World: Sicily and Iberia 34

Competing Monarchies in France and England 49

Christianization and the Kingdoms of Northern and Eastern Europe 72

2 People, Economy, and Social Relations 80

Population 81

Peasants, Lords, and Patterns of Settlement 84

Towns and Cities 92

Trade, Commerce, and Economic Growth 99

3 Spirituality and Its Discontents 107

Patterns of Religious Experience 109

The Church and Its Religious Orders 120

Heretics and Friars in the Urban Context 136

Order, Exclusion, and the Fourth Lateran Council 143

4 Intellectual Syntheses 151

The Intellectual World: Contexts, Institutions, and Personnel 152

Varieties of Latin Culture 167

The Uses of Vernacular Literature 173

5 The Crusades and the Idea of Christendom 183

The Conception and Meaning of the Crusades 185

Popular Piety and the First Crusade 188

The Crusader States and the Crusading Movement to 1229 190

The Travails of the Crusading Ideal 194

Christendom and the Wider World 197

Conclusion 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230237841

0230237843

9780230237858

0230237851

OCLC:

805043452