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The Flight and Fall of the Eagle
A History of Medieval Germany 800–1648
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About this book
The intellectual, cultural, and political renaissance that characterized the Europe of Charlemagne was threatened severely by invasions from all sides. Only Germany avoided the consequent phenomenon of feudalism. This was due to a series of rulers who provided protection to the people, reform to the Church, and patronage of cultural revival. From the thirteenth century, this cultural and political unity began to fragment, and by 1648 what had been a successful revival of the Roman Empire had been destroyed. In addition to tracing the political, cultural and religious history of medieval Germany, this volume examines the thought of outstanding German men and women, and includes an extensive account of the changing status of German Jews.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Map
- The Eagle Is Born
- Restoring the Roman Empire
- Growing Peace and Prosperity
- A Vision of Christendom
- Reform and Imperial Theocracy
- The Construction of a State
- Apogee of Empire
- The Investiture Conflict
- The Great Settlement
- Kings, Cistercians, and Crusades
- Three Gifted Germans
- The Red-Bearded Ruler
- The Flowering of Medieval German Literature
- The Turning Point
- Political Reconstitution
- The Late Medieval Laity
- Thirteenth-Century Friars and Holy Women
- Fourteenth-Century Spiritual Leaders
- The Failure of the Institutional Church
- The Cusanus
- The Death of the Eagle
- Genealogical Tables
- Index I: Most Important Persons
- Index II: Lands, Peoples, and Their Languages
- Index III: Major Cities and Towns