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William R. Cook, Professor of History at State University of New York, Geneseo, and Ronald B. Herzman, Professor of English at State University of New York, Geneseo
William R. Cook is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Ronald B. Herzman is Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Time Line PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 1. The Bible 2. The Classical Heritage 3. Early Christianity 4. Saint Augustine PART 2: THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD 5. Byzantium 6. Islam 7. The West After the Collapse of Roman Authority PART 3: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 8. Western Monasticism 9. The First Medieval Synthesis: The Carolingian World and Its Dissolution PART 4: THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 10. Church, State, and Society 11. The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century 12. Francis of Assisi and the Mendicants PART 5: EPILOGUE 13. From Medieval to Renaissance Notes Bibliography Index
