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中世纪（Middle Ages）（约公元476年~公元1453年），是欧洲历史上的一个时代（主要是西欧），自西罗马帝国灭亡（公元476年）数百年后起，在世界范围内，封建制度占统治地位的时期，直到文艺复兴时期（公元1453年）之后，资本主义抬头的时期为止。“中世纪”一词是15世纪后期的人文主义者开始使用的。这个时期的欧洲没有一个强有力的政权来统治。封建割据带来频繁的战争，造成科技和生产力发展停滞，人民生活在毫无希望的痛苦中，所以中世纪或者中世纪早期在欧美普遍被称作“黑暗时代”，传统上认为这是欧洲文明史上发展比较缓慢的时期。

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Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Starting Up the Middle Ages(450–800) ............ 7
Chapter 1: Journeying Back to the Middle Ages: When, Where, What, Who? ........... 9
Chapter 2: Finishing Off the Roman Empire and Entering the (Not So) Dark Ages .... 19
Chapter 3: Settling in England with the Anglo-Saxons ................................................ 33
Chapter 4: Organising Early France & Germany:
The Merovingians and Carolingians ........................................................................... 45
Chapter 5: Becoming Great: Charlemagne and the New Roman Empire .................. 57
Part II: Forming the Basis of Europe(850–1100) ........ 69
Chapter 6: Laying the Foundations of Europe.............................................................. 71
Chapter 7: Linking East and West: Islam in Europe ..................................................... 83
Chapter 8: Invading from the North: The Vikings ........................................................ 97
Chapter 9: Splitting the Church: Schisms between East and West ......................... 113
Chapter 10: Revving Up the ‘Real’ Middle Ages with the Normans ......................... 125
Part III: Waging Holy War: Crusading at Home
and Abroad(1050–1300) ....................................... 145
Chapter 11: Uncovering the Origins of the Crusades ................................................ 147
Chapter 12: Waging the First Crusade: 1096–1099..................................................... 159
Chapter 13: Struggling for Power: Popes Versus Monarchs..................................... 175
Chapter 14: Waging the Second Crusade and Crusading at Home .......................... 189
Chapter 15: Pitting Richard I Against Saladin: The Third Crusade ......................... 205
Chapter 16: Following the Fourth Crusade and Other Failures ............................... 219
Part IV: Dealing with Domestic Dramas: Parliament,
Priories and Plagues(1200–1300) .......................... 237
Chapter 17: Having Trouble in England: John, Henry III and Edward I ................... 239
Chapter 18: Meeting Medieval Monks and Merchants .............................................. 255
Chapter 19: Piling On the Popes: Avignon and the Antipopes ................................. 269
Chapter 20: Facing God’s Judgement: Dealing with the Black Death ...................... 281

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