Acknowledgments.

Maps.

Introduction.

1. The Conception of Europe (Fourth to Eighth Centuries).

2. An Aborted Europe: The Carolingian World (Eighth to Tenth Centuries).

3. A Dream of Europe and the Potential Europe of the Year 1000.

4. Feudal Europe (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries).

5. The “Fine” Europe of Towns and Universities (Thirteenth Century).

6. The Autumn of the Middle Ages or the Spring of a New Age?.

Conclusion.

Chronology.

A Selective Thematic Bibliography.

Index