V. Ostrogothic Italy
1. Theodoric
2. Boethius
Chapter V. JUSTINIAN: 527–65
I. The Emperor
II. Theodora
III. Belisarius
IV. The Code of Justinian
V. The Imperial Theologian
Chapter VI. BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION: 337–565
I. Work and Wealth
II. Science and Philosophy
III. Literature
IV. Byzantine Art
1. The Passage from Paganism
2. The Byzantine Artist
3. St. Sophia
4. From Constantinople to Ravenna
5. The Byzantine Arts
Chapter VII. THE PERSIANS: 224–641
I. Sasanian Society
II. Sasanian Royalty
III. Sasanian Art
IV. The Arab Conquest
BOOK II: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION: A.D. 569–1258
Chronological Table
Chapter VIII. MOHAMMED: 569–632
I. Arabia
II. Mohammed in Mecca
III. Mohammed in Medina
IV. Mohammed Victorious
Chapter IX. THE KORAN
I. Form
II. Creed
III. Ethics
IV. Religion and the State
V. Sources of the Koran
Chapter X. THE SWORD OF ISLAM: 632–1058
I. The Successors
II. The Umayyad Caliphate
III. The Abbasid Caliphate
1. Harun al-Rashid
2. Decline of the Abbasids
IV. Armenia
Chapter XI. THE ISLAMIC SCENE: 632–1058
I. The Economy
II. The Faith
III. The People
IV. The Government
V. The Cities
Chapter XII. THOUGHT AND ART IN EASTERN ISLAM: 632–1058
I. Scholarship
II. Science
III. Medicine
IV. Philosophy
V. Mysticism and Heresy
VI. Literature
VII. Art
VIII. Music
Chapter XIII. WESTERN ISLAM: 641–1086
I. The Conquest of Africa
II. Islamic Civilization in Africa
III. Islam in the Mediterranean
IV. Spanish Islam
1. Caliphs and Emirs
2. Civilization in Moorish Spain
Chapter XIV. THE GRANDEUR AND DECLINE OF ISLAM: 1058–1258
I. The Islamic East
II. The Islamic West
III. Glimpses of Islamic Art
IV. The Age of Omar Khayyam
V. The Age of Sa’di
VI. Moslem Science
VII. Al-Ghazali
VIII. Averroës
IX. The Coming of the Mongols
X. Islam and Christendom
BOOK III: JUDAIC CIVILIZATION: A.D. 135–1300
Chronological Table
Chapter XV. THE TALMUD: 135–500
I. The Exiles
II. The Makers of the Talmud
III. The Law
1. Theology
2. Ritual
3. Ethics of the Talmud
IV. Life and the Law
Chapter XVI. THE MEDIEVAL JEWS: 500–1300
I. The Oriental Communities
II. The European Communities
III. Jewish Life
1. Government
2. Economy
3. Morals
4. Religion
IV. Anti-Semitism
Chapter XVII. THE MIND AND HEART OF THE JEW: 500–1300
I. Letters
II. The Adventures of the Talmud
III. Science Among the Jews
IV. The Rise of Jewish Philosophy
V. Maimonides
VI. The Maimonidean War
VII. The Cabala
VIII. Release
BOOK IV: THE DARK AGES: A.D. 566–1095
Chronological Table
Chapter XVIII. THE BYZANTINE WORLD: 566–1095
I. Heraclius
II. The Iconoclasts
III. Imperial Kaleidoscope
IV. Byzantine Life
V. The Byzantine Renaissance
VI. The Balkans
VII. The Birth of Russia
Chapter XIX. THE DECLINE OF THE WEST: 566–1066
I. Italy
1. The Lombards
2. The Normans in Italy
3. Venice
4. Italian Civilization
II. Christian Spain
III. France
1. The Coming of the Carolingians
2. Charlemagne
3. The Carolingian Decline
4. Letters and Arts
5. The Rise of the Dukes
Chapter XX. THE RISE OF THE NORTH: 566–1066
I. England
1. Alfred and the Danes
2. Anglo-Saxon Civilization
3. Between Conquests
II. Wales
III. Irish Civilization
IV. Scotland
V. The Northmen
1. The Kings’ Saga
2. Viking Civilization
VI. Germany
1. The Organization of Power
2. German Civilization
Chapter XXI. CHRISTIANITY IN CONFLICT: 529–1085
I. St. Benedict
II. Gregory the Great
III. Papal Politics
IV. The Greek Church
V. The Christian Conquest of Europe
VI. The Nadir of the Papacy
VII. The Reform of the Church
VIII. The Great Eastern Schism
IX. Gregory VII Hildebrand
Chapter XXII. FEUDALISM AND CHIVALRY: 600–1200
I. Feudal Origins
II. Feudal Organization
1. The Slave
2. The Serf
3. The Village Community
4. The Lord
5. The Feudal Church
6. The King
III. Feudal Law
IV. Feudal War
V. Chivalry
BOOK V: THE CLIMAX OF CHRISTIANITY: A.D. 1095–1300
Chronological Table
Chapter XXIII. THE CRUSADES: 1095–1291
I. Causes
II. The First Crusade
III. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
IV. The Second Crusade
V. Saladin
VI. The Third Crusade
VII. The Fourth Crusade
VIII. The Collapse of the Crusades
IX. The Results of the Crusades
Chapter XXIV. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION: 1066–1300
I. The Revival of Commerce
II. The Progress of Industry
III. Money
IV. Interest
V. The Guilds
VI. The Communes
VII. The Agricultural Revolution
VIII. The Class War
Chapter XXV. THE RECOVERY OF EUROPE: 1095–1300
I. Byzantium
II. The Armenians
III. Russia and the Mongols
IV. The Balkan Flux
V. The Border States
VI. Germany
VII. Scandinavia
VIII. England
1. William the Conqueror
2. Thomas à Becket
3. Magna Carta
4. The Growth of the Law
5. The English Scene
IX. Ireland—Scotland—Wales
X. The Rhinelands
XI. France
1. Philip Augustus
2. St. Louis
3. Philip the Fair
XII. Spain
XIII. Portugal
Chapter XXVI. PRE-RENAISSANCE ITALY: 1057–1308
I. Norman Sicily
II. The Papal States
III. Venice Triumphant
IV. From Mantua to Genoa
V. Frederick II
1. The Excommunicate Crusader
2. The Wonder of the World
3. Empire vs. Papacy
VI. The Dismemberment of Italy
VII. The Rise of Florence
Chapter XXVII. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: 1095–1294
I. The Faith of the People
II. The Sacraments
III. Prayer
IV. Ritual
V. Canon Law
VI. The Clergy
VII. The Papacy Supreme
VIII. The Finances of the Church
Chapter XXVIII. THE EARLY INQUISITION: 1000–1300
I. The Albigensian Heresy
II. The Background of the Inquisition
III. The Inquisitors
IV. Results
Chapter XXIX. MONKS AND FRIARS: 1095–1300
I. The Monastic Life
II. St. Bernard
III. St. Francis
IV. St. Dominic
V. The Nuns
VI. The Mystics
VII. The Tragic Pope
VII. Retrospect
Chapter XXX. THE MORALS AND MANNERS OF CHRISTENDOM: 700–1300
I. The Christian Ethic
II. Premarital Morality
III. Marriage
IV. Woman
V. Public Morality
VI. Medieval Dress
VII. In the Home
VIII. Society and Sport
IX. Morality and Religion
Chapter XXXI. THE RESURRECTION OF THE ARTS: 1095–1300
I. The Esthetic Awakening
II. The Adornment of Life
III. Painting
1. Mosaic
2. Miniatures
3. Murals
4. Stained Glass
IV. Sculpture
Chapter XXXII. THE GOTHIC FLOWERING: 1095–1300
I. The Cathedral
II. Continental Romanesque
III. The Norman Style in England
IV. The Evolution of Gothic
V. French Gothic
VI. English Gothic
VII. German Gothic