Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction Jonathan Riley-Smith and David Luscombe; 2. The papacy, 1024–1122 Uta-Renate Blumenthal; 3. The western empire (including the French speaking imperial lands) under the Salians Hanna Vollrath; 4. Italy in the eleventh century (a) Northern and central Italy Giovanni Tabacco (b) Southern Italy Graham Loud; 5. The kingdom of the Franks to 1108 Constance Bouchard; 6. Spain in the eleventh century Simon Barton; 7. England and Normandy, 1042–1137 Marjorie Chibnall; 8. The Byzantine empire, 1025–1118 Michael Angold; 9. Russia, the Bulgars and the southern Slavs, 1024–c.1200 Martin Dimnik; 10. Poland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries Jerzy Wyrozumski; 11. Scandinavia in the eleventh and twelfth centuries Peter Sawyer; 12. Hungary in the eleventh and twelfth centuries Nora Berend; 13. The papacy, 1122–98 I. S. Robinson; 14. The western empire, 1125–97 Benjamin Arnold; 15. Italy in the twelfth century (a) Northern and central Italy Giovanni Tabacco (b) Norman Sicily Graham Loud; 15. Spain in the twelfth century Peter Linehan; 16. The kingdom of the Franks from Louis VI to Philip II (a) Crown and government John W. Baldwin (b) The seigneuries Michel Bur; 17. England and the Angevin dominions, 1137–1204 Thomas K. Keefe; 18. Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the twelfth century Geoffrey Barrow; 19. The Byzantine empire, 1118–1204 Paul Magdalino; 20. The Latin east, 1098–1204 Hans Mayer; 21. Abbasids, Fatimids and Seljuqs Michael Brett; 22. Zangids, Ayyubids and Seljuqs Stephen Humphreys.

Promotional Information

The second 'political' part of the fourth volume of The New Cambridge Medieval History.

About the Author

David Luscombe is Research Professor of Medieval History, University of Sheffield. Jonathan Riley-Smith is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College

Reviews

'... one is ... left impressed by the scope and ambition of the volume, especially when it is viewed as one element in a larger and hugely impressive enterprise ... the essays ... serve their purpose in being informative and authoritative.' Times Higher Education Supplement