Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume—the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World—chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition.
Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality blossom while the Inquisition gathers strength. As kings and emperors continue to insist on their divine rights, ordinary people all over the world seize power: the lingayats of India, the Jacquerie of France, the Red Turbans of China, and the peasants of England.
New threats appear, as the Ottomans emerge from a tiny Turkish village and the Mongols ride out of the East to set the world on fire. New currencies are forged, new weapons invented, and world-changing catastrophes alter the landscape: the Little Ice Age and the Great Famine kill millions; the Black Death, millions more. In the chaos of these epoch-making events, our own world begins to take shape.
Impressively researched and brilliantly told, The History of the Renaissance World offers not just the names, dates, and facts but the memorable characters who illuminate the years between 1100 and 1453—years that marked a sea change in mankind’s perception of the world.
Chapter One - Logic and Compromise • England, Rome, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1100–1122
Chapter Two - The Crusader Enemy • Byzantium, Venice, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1100–1138
Chapter Three - Anarchy • England, Western Francia, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1120–1139
Chapter Four - The Lost Homeland • China, Dai Viet, and Khmer, 1127–1150
Chapter Six - Reconquista and Rediscovery • The Spanish peninsula, 1134–1146
Chapter Seven - Questions of Authority • France and Italy, 1135–1160
Chapter Eight - The New Song • China, 1141–1165
Chapter Nine - The Heiji Disturbance • Japan, 1142–1159
Chapter Ten - Death of an Army • Goryeo, 1146–1197
Chapter Eleven - The First Plantagenet • England and Western Francia, 1147–1154
Chapter Twelve - Frederick Barbarossa • Germany and Italy, 1147–1177
Chapter Thirteen - The Almohads in Spain • North Africa and Spain, 1147–1177
Chapter Fourteen - “Many Nations” • Africa, sometime in the twelfth century
Chapter Fifteen - The Last Fatimid Caliph • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1149–1171
Chapter Sixteen - Monks and Brahmans • South India, 1150–1189
Chapter Seventeen - Conquest of the Willing • Northern India, 1150–1202
Chapter Eighteen - Death of a Priest • England and France, 1154–1170
Chapter Nineteen - Foreign Relations • Byzantium, Hungary, and the Balkans, 1157–1168
Chapter Twenty - The Venetian Problem • Byzantium and Italy, 1171–1185
Chapter Twenty-One - Resentments • England, Ireland, and France, 1171–1186
Chapter Twenty-Two - Saladin • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1171–1188
Chapter Twenty-Three - The Gempei War • Japan, 1179–1185
Chapter Twenty-Five - The Sack of Constantinople • Byzantium and Europe, 1195–1204
Chapter Twenty-Six - Westward • Central and South America, 1200
Chapter Twenty-Seven - The Mongol School of Warfare • China, North and Central Asia, 1201–1215
Chapter Twenty-Eight - John Softsword • England and France, 1203–1213
Chapter Twenty-Nine - Sundiata of the Mali • Africa, 1203–1240
Chapter Thirty - The Jokyu War • Japan, 1203–1242
Chapter Thirty-One - The Unwanted Throne • The old Byzantine lands, 1204–1225
Chapter Thirty-Two - The First Delhi Sultanate • Northern and central India, 1206–1236
Chapter Thirty-Three - Heresy • France, 1209–1210
Chapter Thirty-Four - Reconquest and Failure • France and the Spanish peninsula, 1210–1213
Chapter Thirty-Six - The Birth of the Inquisition • France, 1215–1229
Chapter Thirty-Eight - South of India • India and Sri Lanka, 1215–1283
Chapter Thirty-Nine - The Fifth Crusade • Egypt and the Crusader kingdoms, 1217–1221
Chapter Forty-One - Lakeshores, Highlands, and Hilltops • Africa, 1221–1290
Chapter Forty-Three - The Tran Dynasty • Southeast Asia, 1224–1257
Chapter Forty-Four - Young Kings • England, France, and the kingdoms of Spain, 1227–1242
Chapter Forty-Five - The Mongol Horde • Most of Asia and Europe, 1229–1248
Chapter Forty-Six - The Debt of Hatred • The Holy Roman Empire, 1229–1250
Chapter Forty-Seven - The Shadow of God • India, 1236–1266
Chapter Forty-Eight - The Seventh Crusade • France, Egypt, and Syria, 1244–1250
Chapter Forty-Nine - The Splintering Khanate • The Mongol conquests, 1246–1264
Chapter Fifty - The Mamluks of Egypt • Egypt, Syria, and the Mongol lands, 1250–1268
Chapter Fifty-One - Louis the Saint • France and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1250–1267
Chapter Fifty-Two - The Lion’s Den • Germany, Italy, Sicily, and England, 1252–1273
Chapter Fifty-Five - Kublai Khan • China, Japan, Goryeo, Champa, and the Dai Viet, 1273–1294
Chapter Fifty-Six - The Sicilian Vespers • Germany, Italy, Sicily, Aragon, and France, 1274–1288
Chapter Fifty-Seven - The Wars of Edward I • England, Scotland, Wales, and France, 1275–1299
Chapter Fifty-Eight - The Second Sultanate of Delhi • India, 1287–1300
Chapter Fifty-Nine - The End of the Papal Monarchy • France, Germany, and Italy, 1301–1317
Chapter Sixty-One - The Fall of the Khilji • India, 1303–1320
Chapter Sixty-Two - The Triumph of the Bruce • Scotland, England, and Ireland, 1304–1314
Chapter Sixty-Three - The Great Famine • All of Europe, 1310–1321
Chapter Sixty-Five - Mansa Musa of Mali • West Africa, 1312–1360
Chapter Sixty-Six - After the Famine • France and England, 1318–1330
Chapter Sixty-Seven - The Southern and Northern Courts • Japan, 1318–1339
Chapter Sixty-Eight - Rebellions • India, 1320–1351
Chapter Sixty-Nine - Naming the Renaissance • Germany, Italy, and France, 1322–1341
Chapter Seventy - The Cities in the Lake • Central America, 1325–1375
Chapter Seventy-One - A Hundred Years of War • France and England, 1329–1347
Chapter Seventy-Two - The End of the World • Asia, Europe, and India, 1338–1353
Chapter Seventy-Three - The Will to War • France, England, and the Spanish kingdoms, 1349–1369
Chapter Seventy-Four - White Lotus, Red Turban • China, 1351–1382
Chapter Seventy-Five - After the Mongols • Southeast Asia, 1351–1399
Chapter Seventy-Seven - The Disintegration of Delhi • India and Sri Lanka, 1352–1388
Chapter Seventy-Eight - The Union of Krewo • Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania, 1364–1399
Chapter Eighty - Compromises and Settlements • The Korean peninsula and Japan, 1368–1392
Chapter Eighty-One - The House of Visconti and the Papal States • France and Italy, 1368–1390
Chapter Eighty-Two - Bad Beginnings • France and England, 1369–1381
Chapter Eighty-Three - Dislocation • Africa, 1370–1399
Chapter Eighty-Four - Madness and Usurpation • Castile, Portugal, England, and France, 1383–1401
Chapter Eighty-Six - The Union and Disunion of Kalmar • Scandinavia, 1387–1449
Chapter Eighty-Seven - The Hussite Uprising • Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1388–1419
Chapter Eighty-Eight - The Taking of France • France and England, 1401–1420
Chapter Ninety - The Withdrawal of the Ming • China and the land of the Dai Viet, 1405–1455
Chapter Ninety-Two - Perpetual Slavery • Portugal, Castile, and Africa, 1415–1455
Chapter Ninety-Three - The Loss of France • France and England, 1422–1453
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