When and where were the Middle Ages? -- Believers and barbarians : the end of the Roman Empire -- Surrounded by "a sea of tribes" : the Christianizing of Europe -- Three empires : Justinian, Charlemagne, and Muhammad -- Raiders, knights, and peasants -- Battle and barter : from the Norman Conquest to the rise of trade -- Worlds in collision : the Reconquista and the Crusades -- Ladies, lovers, and lifestyles : the flowering of medieval culture -- Rulers and rebels : royal authority and ambition in England, France, and Germany -- Empire on earth, kingdom of heaven : politics, popes, and religious conflict -- High ideals and low maneuvers : the rise of universities and the decline of the papacy -- Matters of life and death : famine, plague, and war -- The end of the old and the beginning of the new.
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