John D. Cotts is Associate Professor of History at Whitman College, USA. He is the author of The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century (2009).

Ideal for classroom use, this updated edition of John Cotts’s 2012 work offers a concise history of the Latin West from c. 1050 to 1200. Incorporating recent scholarship, Cotts addresses classic debates—like the twelfth-century renaissance and reformation—as well as newer questions about medieval Europe’s global context and the evolving direction of medieval studies.

• Preface to the 2nd EditionIntroduction: The Twelfth Century and Its ‘Renaissance’1. Kingdoms, Communities, and the Political Order2. Material Conditions and Social Life3. Spirituality and Its Discontents4. Intellectual Syntheses5. Europe and the Wider WorldChronology of Events, 1095-1229Further ReadingIndex

John D. Cotts is Associate Professor of History at Whitman College, USA. He is the author of The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century (2009).

Ideal for classroom use, this updated edition of John Cotts’s 2012 work offers a concise history of the Latin West from c. 1050 to 1200. Incorporating recent scholarship, Cotts addresses classic debates—like the twelfth-century renaissance and reformation—as well as newer questions about medieval Europe’s global context and the evolving direction of medieval studies.

• Preface to the 2nd EditionIntroduction: The Twelfth Century and Its ‘Renaissance’1. Kingdoms, Communities, and the Political Order2. Material Conditions and Social Life3. Spirituality and Its Discontents4. Intellectual Syntheses5. Europe and the Wider WorldChronology of Events, 1095-1229Further ReadingIndex

John D. Cotts is Associate Professor of History at Whitman College, USA. He is the author of The Clerical Dilemma: Peter of Blois and Literate Culture in the Twelfth Century (2009).

Ideal for classroom use, this updated edition of John Cotts’s 2012 work offers a concise history of the Latin West from c. 1050 to 1200. Incorporating recent scholarship, Cotts addresses classic debates—like the twelfth-century renaissance and reformation—as well as newer questions about medieval Europe’s global context and the evolving direction of medieval studies.

• Preface to the 2nd EditionIntroduction: The Twelfth Century and Its ‘Renaissance’1. Kingdoms, Communities, and the Political Order2. Material Conditions and Social Life3. Spirituality and Its Discontents4. Intellectual Syntheses5. Europe and the Wider WorldChronology of Events, 1095-1229Further ReadingIndex