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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part One: RENAISSANCES
One: Logic and Compromise • England, Rome, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1100–1122
Two: The Crusader Enemy • Byzantium, Venice, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1100–1138
Three: Anarchy • England, Western Francia, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1120–1139
Four: The Lost Homeland • China, Dai Viet, and Khmer, 1127–1150
Five: Crusade Resurrected • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, with visitations from Germany and France, 1128–1149
Six: Reconquista and Rediscovery • The Spanish peninsula, 1134–1146
Seven: Questions of Authority • France and Italy, 1135–1160
Eight: The New Song • China, 1141–1165
Nine: The Heiji Disturbance • Japan, 1142–1159
Ten: Death of an Army • Goryeo, 1146–1197
Eleven: The First Plantagenet • England and Western Francia, 1147–1154
Twelve: Frederick Barbarossa • Germany and Italy, 1147–1177
Thirteen: The Almohads in Spain • North Africa and Spain, 1147–1177
Fourteen: “Many Nations” • Africa, sometime in the twelfth century
Fifteen: The Last Fatimid Caliph • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1149–1171
Sixteen: Monks and Brahmans • South India, 1150–1189
Seventeen: Conquest of the Willing • Northern India, 1150–1202
Eighteen: Death of a Priest • England and France, 1154–1170
Nineteen: Foreign Relations • Byzantium, Hungary, and the Balkans, 1157–1168
Twenty: The Venetian Problem • Byzantium and Italy, 1171–1185
Twenty-One: Resentments • England, Ireland, and France, 1171–1186
Twenty-Two: Saladin • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1171–1188
Twenty-Three: The Gempei War • Japan, 1179–1185
Twenty-Four: Kings’ Crusade • England, France, and the Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1188–1199
Twenty-Five: The Sack of Constantinople • Byzantium and Europe, 1195–1204
Part Two: INVASIONS, HERESIES, AND UPRISINGS
Twenty-Six: Westward • Central and South America, 1200
Twenty-Seven: The Mongol School of Warfare • China, North and Central Asia, 1201–1215
Twenty-Eight: John Softsword • England and France, 1203–1213
Twenty-Nine: Sundiata of the Mali • Africa, 1203–1240
Thirty: The Jokyu War • Japan, 1203–1242
Thirty-One: The Unwanted Throne • The old Byzantine lands, 1204–1225
Thirty-Two: The First Delhi Sultanate • Northern and central India, 1206–1236
Thirty-Three: Heresy • France, 1209–1210
Thirty-Four: Reconquest and Failure • France and the Spanish peninsula, 1210–1213
Thirty-Five: From Bouvines to Magna Carta • France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1213–1217
Thirty-Six: The Birth of the Inquisition • France, 1215–1229
Thirty-Seven: Moving Westward • China, North and Central Asia, and the Middle East, 1215–1229
Thirty-Eight: South of India • India and Sri Lanka, 1215–1283
Thirty-Nine: The Fifth Crusade • Egypt and the Crusader kingdoms, 1217–1221
Forty: From the Golden Bull to the Baltic Crusade • Hungary, Poland, and the lands of the Lithuanians, 1218–1233
Forty-One: Lakeshores, Highlands, and Hilltops • Africa, 1221–1290
Forty-Two: The Sixth Crusade • The Holy Roman Empire, the Crusader kingdoms, and the Ayyubid empire, 1223–1229
Forty-Three: The Tran Dynasty • Southeast Asia, 1224–1257
Forty-Four: Young Kings • England, France, and the kingdoms of Spain, 1227–1242
Forty-Five: The Mongol Horde • Most of Asia and Europe, 1229–1248 310
Forty-Six: The Debt of Hatred • The Holy Roman Empire, 1229–1250
Forty-Seven: The Shadow of God • India, 1236–1266
Forty-Eight: The Seventh Crusade • France, Egypt, and Syria, 1244–1250
Forty-Nine: The Splintering Khanate • The Mongol conquests, 1246–1264
Fifty: The Mamluks of Egypt • Egypt, Syria, and the Mongol lands, 1250–1268
Fifty-One: Louis the Saint • France and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1250–1267
Fifty-Two: The Lion’s Den • Germany, Italy, Sicily, and England, 1252–1273
Fifty-Three: The Recapture of Constantinople • The Latin Empire and the empire of Nicaea, 1254–1261
Fifty-Four: The Last Crusades • North Africa, Egypt, France, Italy, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1270–1291
Fifty-Five: Kublai Khan • China, Japan, Goryeo, Champa, and the Dai Viet, 1273–1294
Fifty-Six: The Sicilian Vespers • Germany, Italy, Sicily, Aragon, and France, 1274–1288
Fifty-Seven: The Wars of Edward I • England, Scotland, Wales, and France, 1275–1299
Fifty-Eight: The Second Sultanate of Delhi • India, 1287–1300
Fifty-Nine: The End of the Papal Monarchy • France, Germany, and Italy, 1301–1317
Sixty: The Appearance of the Ottomans • Byzantium and the Turks of the Il-khanate, 1302–1347
Sixty-One: The Fall of the Khilji • India, 1303–1320
Sixty-Two: The Triumph of the Bruce • Scotland, England, and Ireland, 1304–1314
Part Three: CATASTROPHES
Sixty-Three: The Great Famine • All of Europe, 1310–1321
Sixty-Four: The Sultan and the Khan • Egypt, the Il-khanate, and the Golden Horde, 1310–1335
Sixty-Five: Mansa Musa of Mali • West Africa, 1312–1360
Sixty-Six: After the Famine • France and England, 1318–1330
Sixty-Seven: The Southern and Northern Courts • Japan, 1318–1339
Sixty-Eight: Rebellions • India, 1320–1351
Sixty-Nine: Naming the Renaissance • Germany, Italy, and France, 1322–1341
Seventy: The Cities in the Lake • Central America, 1325–1375
Seventy-One: A Hundred Years of War • France and England, 1329–1347
Seventy-Two: The End of the World • Asia, Europe, and India, 1338–1353
Part Four: REGROUPINGS
Seventy-Three: The Will to War • France, England, and the Spanish kingdoms, 1349–1369
Seventy-Four: White Lotus, Red Turban • China, 1351–1382
Seventy-Five: After the Mongols • Southeast Asia, 1351–1399
Seventy-Six: The Turks and the Desperate Emperor • Byzantium and the lands of the Turks, with side journeys to France and Italy
Seventy-Seven: The Disintegration of Delhi • India and Sri Lanka, 1352–1388
Seventy-Eight: The Union of Krewo • Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania, 1364–1399
Seventy-Nine: The Rebirth of the Mongol Horde • Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and the lands of the Rus’, 1367–1399
Eighty: Compromises and Settlements • The Korean peninsula and Japan, 1368–1392
Eighty-One: The House of Visconti and the Papal States • France and Italy, 1368–1390
Eighty-Two: Bad Beginnings • France and England, 1369–1381
Eighty-Three: Dislocation • Africa, 1370–1399
Eighty-Four: Madness and Usurpation • Castile, Portugal, England, and France, 1383–1401
Eighty-Five: The Battle of Nicopolis • The Ottoman empire, Constantinople, and the lands of eastern Europe, 1385–1396
Eighty-Six: The Union and Disunion of Kalmar • Scandinavia, 1387–1449
Eighty-Seven: The Hussite Uprising • Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1388–1419
Eighty-Eight: The Taking of France • France and England, 1401–1420
Eighty-Nine: After Timurlane • The north of India, the empire of Timur, the lands of the Ottoman Turks, Egypt, and Byzantium, 1401–1415
Part Five: ENDINGS
Ninety: The Withdrawal of the Ming • China and the land of the Dai Viet, 1405–1455
Ninety-One: Failure • The old lands of the Holy Roman Empire and the remnants of Byzantium, 1412–1440
Ninety-Two: Perpetual Slavery • Portugal, Castile, and Africa, 1415–1455
Ninety-Three: The Loss of France • France and England, 1422–1453
Ninety-Four: The Fall • The Byzantine and Ottoman empires, along with Hungary, Germany, Wallachia, Bohemia, and Serbia, 1430–1453
Notes
Works Cited
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Acknowledgments
Index
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Also by Susan Wise Bauer
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