The Medieval World by Linehan, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Abbreviations 1. Introduction I: Identities: Selves and Others

Introduction 2. Courts in East and West

Notes Abbreviations References

3. At the Spanish Frontier

Notes References

4. Muslims in Christian Iberia, 1000–1526: varieties of Mudejar experience

Mudejar Identity: Is Jurisdiction Enough? The Sources for Mudejar History Demography, Lordship, and Economy Mudejar Culture: A History of Decline? Modern Approaches to Mudejar Culture: The Conservationists Alternative Strategies: Mudejarism as a Local Islam Defending Islam in the House of War Note Glossary References

5. How many Medieval Europes? The ‘pagans’ of Hungary and regional diversity in Christendom

Notes References

6. Christians, Barbarians and Monsters: the European discovery of the world beyond Islam

References

7. The Establishment of Medieval Hermeticism

The Asclepius Arabic Technical Hermeticism: Talismans and Necromantia Hermes and Chartres The Combination of the Asclepius With Arabic Hermetica: Hermann of Carinthia Hugo of Santalla Hermeticism in the Thirteenth Century Notes Bibliography

8. What the Crusades meant to Europe

References

9. The Crusades and the Persecution of the Jews

Church, State and the Protection of Jews The First Pogroms in European History ‘A New-Style Martyrdom’ The Failure of Protection The Second Crusade: Renewed Persecution in 1145 The Third Crusade: England and Germany Notes References

10. Strange Eventful Histories: the Middle Ages in the cinema

Note References

II: Beliefs, Social Values and Symbolic Order

Introduction 11. Political Rituals and Political Imagination in the Medieval West from the Fourth Century to the Eleventh

Notes Bibliography

Primary sources Secondary works

12. Modern Mythologies of Medieval Chivalry

Mythologies of Social Ascent Mythologies of Christianisation Mythologies of Courtly Conduct References

13. The Unique Favour of Penance: the Church and the people, c.800–c.1100

I II III IV V VI VII Notes References

Sources Secondary works

14. Gender Negotiations in France during the central Middle Ages: the literary evidence

Marriage Courtly Love in the Troubadour Lyric Gendered Identity Violence Conclusion Notes References

Texts and translations Secondary literature

15. Symbolism and Medieval Religious Thought

A Carolingian Example Historiography Chronology Cause and Effect References

Primary sources Secondary works

16. Sexuality in the Middle Ages

References

17. Sin, Crime and the Pleasures of the Flesh: the medieval Church judges sexual offences

Notes References

18. Through a Glass Darkly: seeing medieval heresy

Notes References

19. The Corpse in the Middle Ages: the problem of the division of the body

Body-Parts Multiple and Self-Chosen Division of the Body Opposition and Prohibition Division and Anatomy Division and Embalmment Putrefaction and Regeneration Notes References

Primary works Secondary works

20. The Crucifixion and the Censorship of Art around 1300

References

III: Power and Power Structures

Introduction 21. Space, Culture and Kingdoms in Early Medieval Europe

Bibliography

22. The Outward Look: Britain and beyond in medieval Irish literature

Introduction Outsider and Foreigner Conall Corc and Britain Niall NoÍgiallach, Britain and Beyond Vikings Conclusion Acknowledgements References

23. Powerful Women in the Early Middle Ages: queens and abbesses

Tenth-Century Europe and Seventh-Century England: Parallels and Contrasts Structures: Kinship, Household and Lifecycle Office: Queen, Empress and Abbess Conclusion: Structures, Circumstances and Conjunctures References

24. Perceptions of an Early Medieval Urban Landscape

Peace and Prosperity: The Political Image of the City under Theoderic the Great Problems of Terminology in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries Private Charters and Urban Spaces in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries References

Primary Sources Secondary Works

25. Assembly Politics in Western Europe from the Eighth Century to the Twelfth

Notes References

26. Beyond the Comune: the Italian city-state and its inheritance

Some Aspects of Italian Urban Growth The Reductionist Interpretation of the Communal Experience In Search of Communal Distinctiveness Some Reasons for Amnesia Notes References

27. Timbuktu and Europe: trade, cities and Islam in ‘medieval’ West Africa

The Medieval Empires, Trade Centres, and the Gold Trade Timbuktu The Application of Archaeology: Gao – A Case Study

Settlement and Architecture Religion Trade

Conclusions References

28. Medieval Law

Before the Twelfth Century The Twelfth Century and after Conclusion Notes References

29. Rulers and Justice, 1200–1500

References

30. The King’s Counsellors’ two Faces: a Portuguese perspective

King, Kingdom and Legitimacy: The Earliest Diplomatic Campaigns and the Role of Archbishop JoÃo Peculiar Establishing the King in His Kingdom: The Chancellor JuliÃo Pais and the Jurists Towards 1245: Vicente Hispano and the ‘Deposition’ of Sancho Ii Acknowledgement Note References

Primary sources Secondary sources

31. Fullness of Power? Popes, bishops and the polity of the Church, 1215–1517

I II III Notes References

IV: Elites, Organisations and Groups

Introduction 32. A New Legal Cosmos: late Roman lawyers and the early medieval Church

Bishops as Forensic Advocates in the Late Antique Church The Creation of Permanent Professional Advocates for the Church Pleading for Defensores Ecclesiae: The First Attempt Pleading for Defensores Ecclesiae: The Second Attempt Conclusion Notes References

33. Medieval Monasticism

References

Primary works Secondary works

34. Aspects of the Early Medieval Peasant Economy as revealed in the Polyptych of Prüm

Introduction The Manse Labour Services Communications and Markets Conclusion Notes Bibliography

35. Privilege in Medieval Societies from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century, or: How the exception proves the rule

Notes References

36. What did the Twelfth-Century Renaissance Mean?

References

37. The English Parish and its Clergy in the Thirteenth Century

Notes References

Unpublished material Secondary works

38. Everyday Life and Elites in the later Middle Ages: the civilised and the barbarian

I II III IV Acknowledgements References

39. On 1500

Ending and Beginning ‘The Middle Ages’ Problems of Periodization Kingship, Nobility and Lordship Land-Holding and Loyalty Historical Perspective and the Law Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Primary works Secondary works

Index

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