The Medieval World View: An Introduction

358 Pages·2004·23.981 MB·English

by  William Robert Cook, Ronald B. Herzman

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THE MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW
Bernard of Chartres used to compare us to dwarfs
perched on the shoulders of giants. He pointed out
that we see more and farther than our predecessors,
not because we have keener vision or greater height,
but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their
gigantic stature.
JOHN OF SALISBURY (c. 1115-80)
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THE MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW
AN INTRODUCTION
Second Edition
WILLIAM R. COOK
RONALD B. HERZMAN
State University of New York, Geneseo
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Cook, William R. (William Robert), 1943-
The medieval world view / William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman.—2nd ed.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-513935-8
1. Civilization, Medieval. I. Herzman, Ronald B. II. Title.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1X
INTRODUCTION Xill
TIME LINE xxi
PART 1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
1. The Bible 4
2. The Classical Heritage 23
3. Early Christianity 38
4. The Latin Fathers: Jerome and Augustine 60
PART 2 THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
5. The Transition from Ancient to Medieval 90
6. Monasticism 129
7. The First Medieval Synthesis: The Carolingian
World and Its Dissolution 143
PART 3 THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND BEYOND
8. Church, State, and Society 178
9. The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century 212
10. Francis of Assisi and the Mendicants 238
11. The Fourteenth Century 257
Notes 279
BIBLIOGRAPHY 289
INDEX 315
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