Reader's Guide.....................ix
Timeline of Events in the Middle Ages..........xi
Words to Know....................xxv
Chapter One: Cultures in Conflict............1
Anna Comnena..................5
Excerpt from The Alexiad.............5
Anna Comnena (box)..............6
Bohemond (box)................12
Usamah ibn Munquidh..............15
Excerpt from The Memoirs of
Usamah ibn Munquidh............15
Usamah ibn Munquidh (box)..........16
Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus............23
Excerpts from Al-Masalik wa 'l-Mamalik and
Description of Africa.............23
Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus (box)........24
Marco Polo....................33
Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms
And Marvels of the East............33
Marco Polo (box)................34
Was Marco Polo Telling the Truth? (box).....38
Jacob von Konigshofen..............43
"The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry,
St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 1349—
About the Great Plague and the Burning
Of the Jews".................43
Jewish Sympathizers—A Rare Breed (box) .... 44
Chapter Two: Personal Life...............53
Augustine....................57
Excerpt from the Confessions..........57
Augustine (box)................58
Lady Sarashina..................65
Excerpt from The Diary of Lady Sarashina.....65
Lady Sarashina (box)..............66
Excerpt from The Thousand and One Nights. ... 73
The Thousand and One Nights (box).......74
The Thousand and One Nights on Film (box) . . . 79
Christine de Pisan and The Goodman of Paris... 81
Excerpts from The Treasure of the City of Ladies (Pisan) and The Goodman
Of Paris (anonymous).............81
Christine de Pisan (box)............83
Courtesy Books (box)..............87
Chapter Three: Church and State............89
Gregory of Tours.................93
Excerpt from History of the Franks........93
Gregory of Tours (box).............94
Clotilde (box).................98
Shotoku Taishi.................103
"Seventeen-Article Constitution"........103
Prince Shotoku (box).............104
Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.....111
"Letter to Gregory VII" and "First
Deposition and Banning of Henry IV" . . . . 111
Henry IV (box)................112
Pope Gregory VII (box)............117
Dante Alighieri.................121
Excerpt from the Divine Comedy........121
The Divine Comedy (box)............122
Dante (box)..................129
Chapter Four: History and Fiction...........131
Procopius....................135
Excerpt from Secret History...........135
Procopius (box)................136
Justinian and Theodora (box).........140
William of Malmesbury.............145
Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum.......145
William of Malmesbury (box).........146
The Norman Conquest and the
English Language (box)...........151
Lo Kuan-chung.................155
Excerpt from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. . . 155 Lo Kuan-chung (box).............156
Index........................xxxv
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