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02671aam a22004813a 4500 001 64D2168A4A8111E7A5A8299FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170606010538 008 130719s2014 nyub b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781610393683 020 $a 1610393686 035 $a (OCoLC)853310609 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d INA $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d KQ3 $d OCL $d SILO 043 $a e------ $a e------ 050 4 $a D123 $b .C65 2014 082 04 $a 940.1/44 $2 23 100 1 $a Collins, Paul, $d 1940- 245 10 $a Birth of the West : $b Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century / $c Paul Collins. 250 $a First paperback edition. 260 $a New York : $b Public Affairs, $c 2014. 300 $a ix, 484 pages : $b maps ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-466) and index. 505 0 $a The physical landscape of the tenth century -- Roman "harlots" : from the cadaver synod to the fall of Marozia -- The nadir of the papacy -- Enemies of Christians -- The dissention of kings -- Salvation from "that very savage people" -- Feudal France -- Muslims and Christians in Spain -- Anglo-Saxon England -- The Celtic lands : Ireland, Scotland, and Wales -- Liutprand of Cremona, cynic, diplomat, and stylist -- "That Greek woman" : Theophano, Otto II, and her mother-in-law -- Monks and nuns -- Ordinary life in the tenth century -- Faith and church in the tenth century -- Gerbert, the magician of the millennium -- Otto III : a "new Rome"? -- The millennium. 520 $a A narrative history of the origins of Western civilization argues that Europe was transformed in the tenth century from a continent rife with violence and ignorance to a continent on the rise. 650 0 $a Middle Ages. 650 0 $a Civilization, Medieval. 651 0 $a France $x Civilization $y 1000-1328. 651 0 $a Holy Roman Empire $x Civilization. 651 0 $a Europe $x Roman influences. $x Roman influences. 651 0 $a Europe $x History $y 476-1492. 650 7 $a Civilization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862898 650 7 $a Civilization, Medieval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00863049 650 7 $a Civilization $x Roman influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352394 650 7 $a Middle Ages. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01020301 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 $a Europe $z Holy Roman Empire. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205344 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 648 7 $a 476-1492 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=64D2168A4A8111E7A5A8299FDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search