Robert W. Strayer
Ways of the World:
A Brief Global History
First Edition
CHAPTER 10
The Worlds of European Christendom:
Connected and Divided
500–1300
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
Eastern Christendom:
Building on the Past
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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
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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)