Ways of the World:A Brief Global History

First Edition

CHAPTER 10The Worlds of European Christendom:

Connected and Divided500–1300

Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

Robert W. Strayer

Eastern Christendom:Building on the Past

• The Byzantine State• The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence• Byzantium and the World• The Conversion of Russia

Western Christendom:Constructing a Hybrid Civilization

• In the Wake of Roman Collapse: Political Life in Western Europe, 500–1000

• In the Wake of Roman Collapse: Society and the Church, 500–1000

• Accelerating Change in the West, 1000–1300• Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition

The West in Comparative Perspective• Catching Up• Pluralism in Politics• Reason and Faith

Chapter 10 The Worlds of European Christendom:

Connected and Divided, 500–1300• Map 10.1 The Byzantine Empire (p. 272)• Map 10.2 Western Europe in the Ninth Century (p. 280)• Map 10.3 Europe in the High Middle Ages (p. 283)• Map 10.4 The Crusades (p. 287)• Charlemagne (p. 268)• St. Mark’s Basilica (p. 274)• European Women at Work (p. 285)• Christians and Muslims (p. 288)• European Technology (p. 291)• European University Life in the Middle Ages (p. 294)