The History of the Renaissance World

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The History of the

RENAISSANCE WORLD

From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople

S
USAN
W
ISE
B
AUER

W • W • Norton & Company

New York London

Dedication

For Daniel

Contents

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part One
RENAISSANCES
One	Logic and Compromise • England, Rome, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1100–1122
Two	The Crusader Enemy • Byzantium, Venice, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1100–1138
Three	Anarchy • England, Western Francia, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1120–1139
Four	The Lost Homeland • China, Dai Viet, and Khmer, 1127–1150
Five	Crusade Resurrected • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, with visitations from Germany and France, 1128–1149
Six	Reconquista and Rediscovery • The Spanish peninsula, 1134–1146
Seven	Questions of Authority • France and Italy, 1135–1160
Eight	The New Song • China, 1141–1165
Nine	The Heiji Disturbance • Japan, 1142–1159
Ten	Death of an Army • Goryeo, 1146–1197
Eleven	The First Plantagenet • England and Western Francia, 1147–1154
Twelve	Frederick Barbarossa • Germany and Italy, 1147–1177
Thirteen	The Almohads in Spain • North Africa and Spain, 1147–1177
Fourteen	“Many Nations” • Africa, sometime in the twelfth century
Fifteen	The Last Fatimid Caliph • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1149–1171
Sixteen	Monks and Brahmans • South India, 1150–1189
Seventeen	Conquest of the Willing • Northern India, 1150–1202
Eighteen	Death of a Priest • England and France, 1154–1170
Nineteen	Foreign Relations • Byzantium, Hungary, and the Balkans, 1157–1168
Twenty	The Venetian Problem • Byzantium and Italy, 1171–1185
Twenty-One	Resentments • England, Ireland, and France, 1171–1186
Twenty-Two	Saladin • The Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1171–1188
Twenty-Three	The Gempei War • Japan, 1179–1185
Twenty-Four	Kings’ Crusade • England, France, and the Turkish and Crusader kingdoms, 1188–1199
Twenty-Five	The Sack of Constantinople • Byzantium and Europe, 1195–1204
Part Two
INVASIONS, HERESIES, AND UPRISINGS
Twenty-Six	Westward • Central and South America, 1200
Twenty-Seven	The Mongol School of Warfare • China, North and Central Asia, 1201–1215
Twenty-Eight	John Softsword • England and France, 1203–1213
Twenty-Nine	Sundiata of the Mali • Africa, 1203–1240
Thirty	The Jokyu War • Japan, 1203–1242
Thirty-One	The Unwanted Throne • The old Byzantine lands, 1204–1225
Thirty-Two	The First Delhi Sultanate • Northern and central India, 1206–1236
Thirty-Three	Heresy • France, 1209–1210
Thirty-Four	Reconquest and Failure • France and the Spanish peninsula, 1210–1213
Thirty-Five	From Bouvines to Magna Carta • France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire, 1213–1217
Thirty-Six	The Birth of the Inquisition • France, 1215–1229
Thirty-Seven	Moving Westward • China, North and Central Asia, and the Middle East, 1215–1229
Thirty-Eight	South of India • India and Sri Lanka, 1215–1283
Thirty-Nine	The Fifth Crusade • Egypt and the Crusader kingdoms, 1217–1221
Forty	From the Golden Bull to the Baltic Crusade • Hungary, Poland, and the lands of the Lithuanians, 1218–1233
Forty-One	Lakeshores, Highlands, and Hilltops • Africa, 1221–1290
Forty-Two	The Sixth Crusade • The Holy Roman Empire, the Crusader kingdoms, and the Ayyubid empire, 1223–1229
Forty-Three	The Tran Dynasty • Southeast Asia, 1224–1257
Forty-Four	Young Kings • England, France, and the kingdoms of Spain, 1227–1242
Forty-Five	The Mongol Horde • Most of Asia and Europe, 1229–1248 310
Forty-Six	The Debt of Hatred • The Holy Roman Empire, 1229–1250
Forty-Seven	The Shadow of God • India, 1236–1266
Forty-Eight	The Seventh Crusade • France, Egypt, and Syria, 1244–1250
Forty-Nine	The Splintering Khanate • The Mongol conquests, 1246–1264
Fifty	The Mamluks of Egypt • Egypt, Syria, and the Mongol lands, 1250–1268
Fifty-One	Louis the Saint • France and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1250–1267
Fifty-Two	The Lion’s Den • Germany, Italy, Sicily, and England, 1252–1273
Fifty-Three	The Recapture of Constantinople • The Latin Empire and the empire of Nicaea, 1254–1261
Fifty-Four	The Last Crusades • North Africa, Egypt, France, Italy, and the Crusader kingdoms, 1270–1291
Fifty-Five	Kublai Khan • China, Japan, Goryeo, Champa, and the Dai Viet, 1273–1294
Fifty-Six	The Sicilian Vespers • Germany, Italy, Sicily, Aragon, and France, 1274–1288
Fifty-Seven	The Wars of Edward I • England, Scotland, Wales, and France, 1275–1299
Fifty-Eight	The Second Sultanate of Delhi • India, 1287–1300
Fifty-Nine	The End of the Papal Monarchy • France, Germany, and Italy, 1301–1317
Sixty	The Appearance of the Ottomans • Byzantium and the Turks of the Il-khanate, 1302–1347
Sixty-One	The Fall of the Khilji • India, 1303–1320
Sixty-Two	The Triumph of the Bruce • Scotland, England, and Ireland, 1304–1314
Part Three
CATASTROPHES
Sixty-Three	The Great Famine • All of Europe, 1310–1321
Sixty-Four	The Sultan and the Khan • Egypt, the Il-khanate, and the Golden Horde, 1310–1335
Sixty-Five	Mansa Musa of Mali • West Africa, 1312–1360
Sixty-Six	After the Famine • France and England, 1318–1330
Sixty-Seven	The Southern and Northern Courts • Japan, 1318–1339
Sixty-Eight	Rebellions • India, 1320–1351
Sixty-Nine	Naming the Renaissance • Germany, Italy, and France, 1322–1341
Seventy	The Cities in the Lake • Central America, 1325–1375
Seventy-One	A Hundred Years of War • France and England, 1329–1347
Seventy-Two	The End of the World • Asia, Europe, and India, 1338–1353
Part Four
REGROUPINGS
Seventy-Three	The Will to War • France, England, and the Spanish kingdoms, 1349–1369
Seventy-Four	White Lotus, Red Turban • China, 1351–1382
Seventy-Five	After the Mongols • Southeast Asia, 1351–1399
Seventy-Six	The Turks and the Desperate Emperor • Byzantium and the lands of the Turks, with side journeys to France and Italy
Seventy-Seven	The Disintegration of Delhi • India and Sri Lanka, 1352–1388
Seventy-Eight	The Union of Krewo • Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania, 1364–1399
Seventy-Nine	The Rebirth of the Mongol Horde • Central Asia, the Middle East, India, and the lands of the Rus’, 1367–1399
Eighty	Compromises and Settlements • The Korean peninsula and Japan, 1368–1392
Eighty-One	The House of Visconti and the Papal States • France and Italy, 1368–1390
Eighty-Two	Bad Beginnings • France and England, 1369–1381
Eighty-Three	Dislocation • Africa, 1370–1399
Eighty-Four	Madness and Usurpation • Castile, Portugal, England, and France, 1383–1401
Eighty-Five	The Battle of Nicopolis • The Ottoman empire, Constantinople, and the lands of eastern Europe, 1385–1396
Eighty-Six	The Union and Disunion of Kalmar • Scandinavia, 1387–1449
Eighty-Seven	The Hussite Uprising • Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1388–1419
Eighty-Eight	The Taking of France • France and England, 1401–1420

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