Middle Ages

Presents nineteen documents written during the Middle Ages, including excerpts from Augustine's "Confessions," Dante's "Inferno," and Marco Polo's travel writings, and includes background information to place each document in context.

Reader's Guide

ix

Timeline of Events in the Middle Ages

xi

Words to Know

xxv

Cultures in Conflict

1

(52)

Anna Comnena

5

(10)

Excerpt from The Alexiad

5

(1)

Anna Comnena (box)

6

(6)

Bohemond (box)

12

(3)

Usamah ibn Munquidh

15

(8)

Excerpt from The Memoirs of Usamah ibn Munquidh

15

(1)

Usamah ibn Munquidh (box)

16

(7)

Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus

23

(10)

Excerpts from Al-Masalik wa 'l-Mamalik and Description of Africa

23

(1)

Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus (box)

24

(9)

Marco Polo

33

(10)

Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

33

(1)

Marco Polo (box)

34

(4)

Was Marco Polo Telling the Truth? (box)

38

(5)

Jacob von Konigshofen

43

(10)

``The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 1349--About the Great Plague and the Burning of the Jews''

43

(1)

Jewish Sympathizers--A Rare Breed (box)

44

(9)

Personal Life

53

(36)

Augustine

57

(8)

Excerpt from the Confessions

57

(1)

Augustine (box)

58

(7)

Lady Sarashina

65

(8)

Excerpt from The Diary of Lady Sarashina

65

(1)

Lady Sarashina (box)

66

(7)

Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights

73

(8)

The Thousand and One Nights (box)

74

(5)

The Thousand and One Nights on Film (box)

79

(2)

Christine de Pisan and The Goodman of Paris

81

(8)

Excerpts from The Treasure of the City of Ladies (Pisan) and The Goodman of Paris (anonymous)

81

(2)

Christine de Pisan (box)

83

(4)

Courtesy Books (box)

87

(2)

Church and State

89

(42)

Gregory of Tours

93

(10)

Excerpt from History of the Franks

93

(1)

Gregory of Tours (box)

94

(4)

Clotilde (box)

98

(5)

Shotoku Taishi

103

(8)

``Seventeen-Article Constitution''

103

(1)

Prince Shotoku (box)

104

(7)

Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII

111

(10)

``Letter to Gregory VII'' and ``First Deposition and Banning of Henry IV''

111

(1)

Henry IV (box)

112

(5)

Pope Gregory VII (box)

117

(4)

Dante Alighieri

121

(10)

Excerpt from the Divine Comedy

121

(1)

The Divine Comedy (box)

122

(7)

Dante (box)

129

(2)

History and Fiction

131

(4)

Procopius

135

(10)

Excerpt from Secret History

135

(1)

Procopius (box)

136

(4)

Justinian and Theodora (box)

140

(5)

William of Malmesbury

145

(10)

Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum

145

(1)

William of Malmesbury (box)

146

(5)

The Norman Conquest and the English Language (box)

151

(4)

Lo Kuan-chung

155

(1)

Excerpt from Romance of the Three Kingdoms

155

(1)

Lo Kuan-chung (box)

156

Index

xxxv

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