Ebook: Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century
Author: Collins Paul
- Tags: Civilization, Civilization Medieval, Civilization--Roman influences, HISTORY--Medieval, Middle Ages, History, Electronic books, France -- Civilization -- 1000-1328, Holy Roman Empire -- Civilization, Europe -- Civilization -- Roman influences, Europe -- History -- 476-1492, HISTORY -- Medieval, Civilization -- Roman influences, Europe, Europe -- Holy Roman Empire, France
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Public Affairs
- City: New York;Europe;Holy Roman Empire;France
- Edition: First paperback edition
- Language: English
- epub
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.;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.
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