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Intro -- Contents -- Part One: The Dominance of the East -- Chapter I. The Classical Backgrounds of Mediaeval Christianity -- 1. Traditional Religion In The Graeco-Roman World -- 2. The Impact of Philosophy -- 3. The Mystery Religions -- Chapter II. The Jewish and Early Christian Sources of Mediaeval Faith -- 1. Judaism and the Old Testament -- 2. The Diaspora and Philo the Jew -- 3. The New Testament and the Beginnings of Christianity -- Chapter III. The Patristic Age, 2nd-5th Centuries -- 1. The Greek Fathers of the Church -- 2. The Latin Fathers of the Church -- 3. The Beginnings of Christian Poetry, Art, and Music -- Chapter IV. Byzantine Civilization -- 1. The Nature of Byzantine Civilization -- 2. The Church and Learning -- 3. Literature, Art, and Music -- 4. The Influence of Byzantium -- Chapter V. Islamic Civilization -- 1. The Nature of Islam -- 2. Education, Law, Philosophy, and Science -- 3. Literature, Art, and Music -- 4. Islam and the West -- Chapter VI. The Latin West, 5th-ioth Centuries -- 1. The Survival of the Classics in the West -- 2. The Transmitters of Classical and Patristic Learning -- 3. Poetry and History -- 4. Art and Music -- Part Two: The Revival of the West, 1000-1500 -- Chapter VII. Learning (I) -- 1. The Impetus to a New Life -- 2. Science and Technology -- 3. Philosophy From Anslem to Ficino -- Chapter VIII. Learning (II) -- 1. Backgrounds Of Mediaeval Political and Social Thought -- 2. Main Currents of Political and Social Thought, 1OOO-15OO -- 3. Mediaeval Schools -- 4. The Rise of Universities -- Chapter IX. Literature (I) -- 1. The Epic Tradition -- 2. Lyric Poetry -- 3. Chivalric Romance -- Chapter X. Literature (II) -- 1. The Drama -- 2. Fabliaux and Novelle -- 3. History, Biography, and Sermons -- 4. Symbolic Literature -- Chapter XI. Art and Music -- 1. Romanesque Art -- 2. Gothic Art.

By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering a glimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias. [From the publisher] ; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_books/1038/thumbnail.jpg