1  Cover

      2  Series Page

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Dedication

      6  Preface to the Second Edition

      7  Preface and Acknowledgements

      8  1 Framing the Middle Ages A Medieval Tale Medievalisms and Historiographies The Politics of Framing Notes

      9  2 Tracing the Middle Ages Polyphony or Cacophony? Editions and Archives Using Documents Chronicles Charters Images Legal Records Notes

      10  3 Reading the Middle Ages Anthropology Numbers and Statistics Archaeology, Science and Material Culture Texts and Cultural Theory Notes

      11  4 Debating the Middle Ages Ritual Social Structures Globalisms Cultural Identities Power Notes

      12  5 Making and Remaking the Middle Ages Notes

      13  Further Reading

      14  Index

      15  End User License Agreement

      1 Map of Europe, c.900

      2 Map of Europe, c.1360

      3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1(a) Early medieval handwriting, from a late eighth-century manuscript of biblical extracts (Cod…Figure 2.1(b) High medieval handwriting, from a twelfth-century manuscript of canon law (Cod. …Figure 2.1(c) Later medieval handwriting, in an extract from a civic court record, mid-fourtee…Figure 2.2 Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, month of February (Wikimedia Commons)

      4 Chapter 4Map of World Systems

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Series Page

      4  Title Page

      5  Copyright

      6  Dedication

      7  Preface to the Second Edition

      8  Preface and Acknowledgements

      9  Begin Reading

      10  Further Reading

      11  Index

      12  End User License Agreement

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      2  iii

      3  iv

      4  v

      5  x

      6  xi

      7  xii

      8  xiv

      9  xv

      10  xvi