I. Space and Time: The shape of medieval history
The heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, Western Europe
The first Europe and its confines: The fifth to the tenth centuries
Medieval Europe at its height: The eleventh to thirteenth centuries
The time of troubles: The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
II. Church and sect: The role of medieval Christianity
The early Church and the "Constantinian Revolution"
St. Augustine and the doctrinal foundations of Sacerdotalism
III. Making and doing: The nature of medieval economic life
Economic contraction in the early middle ages
Agricultural revolution and population boom
The commercial revolution of the high middle ages
The dynamism of the medieval economy
IV. Subject and citizens: The import of medieval politics
Romano-canonical law, representation, and consent
V. Reason and faith: The direction of medieval intellectual life
Humanists, lawyers, and universities
God, philosophy, and science
VI. Passion and society: The texture of medieval sentiment
