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Author:

Collins, Paul, 1940-

Title:

Birth of the West : Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century / Paul Collins.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publisher:

Public Affairs,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

ix, 484 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Subject:

Middle Ages.
Civilization, Medieval.
France--Civilization--1000-1328.
Holy Roman Empire--Civilization.
Europe--Roman influences.--Roman influences.
Europe--History--476-1492.
Civilization.
Civilization, Medieval.
Civilization--Roman influences.
Middle Ages.
Europe.
Europe--Holy Roman Empire.
France.
476-1492
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-466) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781610393683
1610393686

OCLC:

(OCoLC)853310609

Locations:

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)