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Notes on References; Introduction; I. The Age in European Perspective: 1. The Expansion of the West in the Mediterranean Area; 2. The Spread of Latin Christendom in Continental Europe; 3. The Creation of New Kingdoms and Forms of Lordship; 4. Population Increase, Settlement Density, and Economic Growth; 5. Poverty, Penitence, and Heresy; 6. The Papacy, the Church, and Monasticism; 7. Education and Learning; 8. Social Change; 9. Typology and Transmission of Sources;
II. Germany from the Middle of the Eleventh to the Middle of the Twelfth Century: Tradition and Change: 1. Imperial Rule from Henry III to Barbarossa (1056-1152); 2. The Power Structure and its Evolution; 3. The Badis and Development of the Economy; 4. The Church, Piety, and Education; 5. Groups and
Communities in Transformation; III. Germany Under the Staufen: New Forms and Limitations: 1. Imperial Rule in the Staufen Period; 2. Continuity and Change in Lordship; 3. The Expansion of the Economy; 4. Church Life, Piety, and Education; 5. New Beginnings in the Social System; IV. Germany in the Context of Europe; Bibliography; Index; Map.