Table of Contents

Part 1: The Social and Economic Structure 1. The Physical Environment 2. Social Structure 3. Economic Development Part 2: The Papacy 4. The Papacy 5. The Crusades 6. Monasticism and the Friars 7. Popular Religion and Heresy Part 3: Political Change 8. The Empire 9. The Kingdom of Sicily 10. The Italian City-States 11. The Capetian Monarchy 12. The Kingdom of England 13. The Iberian Kingdoms 14. The States of Eastern and Northern Europe 15. The Crusader States Part 4: Perceptions of the World 16. The Medieval World View 17. Intellectual Life 18. Art and Society 19. Western Christendom and the Wider World

About the Author

Malcolm Barber is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading. His many books include The Templars, The Cathars and The New Knighthood, A History of the Order of the Temple.

Reviews

'Meets every conceivable need and effectively renders redundant all earlier textbooks on the high Middle Ages ... in short, the book is excellent in every respect.' - History Today