CONTENTS
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 K$$\ddot o$$nigshofen = 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
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 K$$\ddot o$$nigshofen = 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