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Tables of Contents for Medieval Panorama
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction Perspectives on the Medieval World
Robert Bartlett
Prologue: What Made the Middle Ages?
Introduction
30
4
Reading the classics
34
2
Classical revivals
36
2
Germanic invaders
38
2
From Constantine to Justinian
40
2
The politics of conversion
42
2
Picturing the new faith
44
2
The image of salvation
46
2
The rise of Islam
48
2
The parting of the ways
50
2
Charlemagne: Rome reborn
52
2
The assault on Christian Europe
54
2
Salvation of the Soul
Introduction
56
4
The hierarchy of the Church
60
2
The seven sacraments
62
2
The Eucharist
64
2
The fellowship of the saints
66
2
The unseen power of relics
68
2
Shrines and miracles
70
2
The pilgrimage
72
2
The many faces of Christ
74
2
Joys and sorrows of Mary
76
2
Angels of light
78
2
The powers of darkness
80
2
The monasteries: bastions of learning
82
2
In the scriptorium
84
1
In the choir
85
1
Brothers and sisters of poverty
86
2
Mystical visions
88
2
The fate of heresy
90
2
Earthly Powers
Introduction
92
4
Empire and Papacy
96
2
Kingship
98
2
The three estates
100
2
Kings and Parliaments
102
2
Italy: the land without kings
104
2
Justice and the law
106
2
The order of knighthood
108
2
War: the heroic image
110
2
War: the grim reality
112
2
Castles: the indispensable weapon
114
2
Tournaments: playing at war
116
2
The language of heraldry
118
2
The hunt
120
2
The feast
122
2
Music at court
124
2
Games of skill and chance
126
2
The Legacy of Medieval Art
Introduction
128
4
Architecture: the Romanesque prelude
132
2
The flowering of Gothic
134
2
Gothic: the last phase
136
2
Royal splendour, civic pride
138
2
Architects and builders
140
2
The city as work of art
142
2
Buildings in the mind
144
2
Sculpture reborn
146
2
The legacy of sculpture
148
2
Italy and the Roman tradition
150
2
Painting in light
152
2
Artist-craftsmen
154
2
Marginal art
156
2
Everyday Life
Introduction
158
4
The world of childhood
162
2
Women: weakness and strength
164
2
Sex and sexuality
166
2
The discipline of marriage
168
2
The family at home
170
2
Glimpses of domesticity
172
2
The craftsman's skill
174
2
Travel by land and sea
176
2
Patterns of trade
178
2
Tilling the soil
180
2
The Labours of the Months
182
2
Pleasures of the table
184
2
In sickness
186
2
A good death
188
2
After death
190
2
The Life of the Mind
Introduction
192
4
The Christian cosmos
196
2
Astronomy: mapping the heavens
198
2
The Zodiac
200
2
Alchemy, magic and witchcraft
202
2
A unity of thought: the Elements and the Humours
204
2
The doctor's skill
206
2
Picturing the world
208
2
The categories of knowledge
210
2
The battle for the soul
212
2
The scholar's world
214
2
Medieval technology
216
2
The natural world
218
2
The Bestiaries
220
2
A new literature
222
2
Courtly love: sex and sublimation
224
2
Arthurian romance
226
2
Medieval theatre
228
2
Mimes, minstrels and jongleurs
230
2
Christians and Non-Christians
Introduction
232
4
The vanished world of Moorish Spain
236
2
Cultural cross-currents
238
2
Learning from Islam
240
2
Reconquest: the end of Muslim Spain
242
2
The Crusades: the Christian Holy War
244
2
The kingdom `beyond the sea': Outremer
246
2
Military monks: Hospitallers, Templars and Teutonic Knights
248
2
The Jews: strangers in the midst
250
2
The Jews: precarious toleration
252
2
The black in medieval society
254
2
Beyond the known world
256
2
Epilogue: The End of the Middle Ages
Introduction
258
4
Classicism reborn
262
2
The Church in a new age
264
2
From barbarians to nation-states
266
2
New worlds
268
2
Printing: the intellectual revolution
270
4
Reference
Biographical Dictionary
274
36
Timelines
310
7
Gazetteer
317
1
Maps
318
2
Glossary
320
2
Bibliography
322
4
List of Illustrations
326
6
Index
332