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The birth of the West : Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century / Paul Collins.

by Collins, Paul, 1940-

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PublicAffairs, c2013.

Civilization, Medieval.

France -- Civilization -- 1000-1328.

Holy Roman Empire -- Civilization.

Europe -- Civilization -- Roman influences.

Europe -- History -- 476-1492.

ix, 484 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Ordinarylife in the tenth century -- Faith and church in the tenth century -- Gerbert, the magician of the millennium -- Otto III : a "new Rome"? -- The millennium.

A narrative history of the origins of Western civilization argues that Europe was transformed in the tenth century from a continent rife with violence and ignorance to a continent on the rise.

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