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    <title>birth of the West</title>
    <subTitle>Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Collins, Paul</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1940-</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>[2013]</dateIssued>
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    <extent>ix, 484 pages : maps ; 25  cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The physical landscape of the tenth century -- Roman "harlots" : from the cadaver synod to the fall of Marozia -- The nadir of the papacy -- Enemies of Christians -- The dissention of kings -- Salvation from "that very savage people" -- Feudal France -- Muslims and Christians in Spain -- Anglo-Saxon England -- The Celtic lands : Ireland, Scotland, and Wales -- Liutprand of Cremona, cynic, diplomat, and stylist -- "That Greek woman" : Theophano, Otto II, and her mother-in-law -- Monks and nuns -- Ordinary life in the tenth century -- Faith and church in the tenth century -- Gerbert, the magician of the millennium -- Otto III : a "new Rome"? -- The millennium.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Paul Collins.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-466) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Edad media</topic>
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    <topic>Civilización medieval</topic>
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    <geographic>France</geographic>
    <topic>Civilization</topic>
    <temporal>1000-1328</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Holy Roman Empire</geographic>
    <topic>Civilization</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Europe</geographic>
    <topic>Civilization</topic>
    <topic>Roman influences</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Europe</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>476-1492</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Francia</geographic>
    <topic>Civilización</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Santo Imperio Romano</geographic>
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    <geographic>Europa</geographic>
    <topic>Civilización</topic>
    <topic>Influencias romanas</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Europa</geographic>
    <topic>Historia</topic>
    <temporal>476-1492</temporal>
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  <classification authority="lcc">300 D 123 C712b 2013</classification>
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