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CHAPTER TIMELINE
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Byzantine Empire
World of Islam
750 800
Reign of Charlemagne
Viking raids and settlements
Overthrow of Umayyad dynasty by Abbasids
850
900
the principality of Kiev
ethodius
950 1000
Vladimir, prince of Kiev, accepts Christianity
Fatimid caliphate begins in Egypt
Work of Avicenna
Beginnings of
Work of Cyril and M
Macedonian dynas
ty in the Byzantine Empire
CHAPTER REVIEW
Upon Reflection
Q Of what significance was the Carolingian intellectual renaissance to western European civilization?
Q What role did the Vikings play in the history of medieval Europe?
Key Terms
scriptoria (p. 178) monogamy (p. 179) nuclear family (p. 179) vassalage (p. 184)
fief (p. 186)
Suggestions for Further Reading
GENERAL HISTORIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES A good gen- eral history of the entire medieval period can be found in J. M. Riddle, A History of the Middle Ages, 300–1500 (Lanham, Md., 2008). For an excellent survey of the period covered in this chapter, see C. Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 (New York, 2007). See also L. Olson, The Early Middle Ages (New York, 2007).
Q Why does the author use the title “The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization” to describe Byzantine civilization in the ninth and tenth centuries?
subinfeudation (p. 186) manor (p. 186)
serfs (p. 187)
demesne (p. 187)
On Charlemagne, see A. Barbero, Charlemagne: Father of a Continent, trans. A. Cameron (Berkeley, Calif., 2004). On Carolingian culture, see History and Memory in the Carolingian World (Cambridge, 2004) by
R. McKitterick.
CAROLINGIAN SOCIAL LIFE On one aspect of social life in the Carolingian world, see L. Bitel, Women in Early Medieval
CAROLINGIAN EUROPE
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