Leopold Genicot

Contours of the Middle Ages

Routledge / London 1967

Stron XI+322, format: 14x22 cm

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CONTENTS
preface page ix

INTRODUCTION 1

PART I: DAWN

1 The Setting: From the Ancient World to

Western Europe 9

2 Raw Materials: Germany and Rome 26

3 Spirit: The Church and Western Europe 45

4 First Light: The Carolingians 57

PART II: NOON

5 The political climate: The struggle for peace 87

6 The Ecclesiastical Sphere: From Cluny to

Rome 105

7 The human factor: Population growth and

its consequences 132

8 Mind and heart: Nova et vetera 141

9 Synthesis: God and Nature 167

PART III: DUSK

10 The Setting: The search for stability 203

11 Spirit: Church and Papacy in peril 221

12 Culture: Complexity and stagnation: Renais-

sance and renewal 234
Conclusion: The lasting legacy of the Middle

Ages 249

notes 252

general bibliography 307

INDEX 313