The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273, credited to Beatrice A. Lees, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273 by Beatrice A. Lees. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of "a heroic period, the age of feudalism and monasticism, of chivalry and the Crusades." The era opened "with gloomy prospects for Western Christendom. On every side danger threatened" from the Vikings, the Saracens, and the Magyars. But better things lie in store in this little volume as the Capetian dynasty is founded in France, the Holy Roman Empire becomes the political center of Europe under Frederick Barbarossa, the Papacy attains its greatest influence under Innocent III, and Frederick II, called "stupor mundi," the wonder of the world, rules the cosmopolitan Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273
• Author credits: Beatrice A. Lees
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 8:18:09

Catalogue topics

• crusades
• Saxons
• philip augustus
• salian franks
• cluny
• seljuk turks
• war of investiture
• hildebrand

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Introduction — 5:49
2. 02 - Ch. 1: The Saxon Emperors (918-1002), Pt. 1 — 19:34
3. 03 - Ch. 1: The Saxon Emperors (918-1002), Pt. 2 — 19:17
4. 04 - Ch. 2: The Transference of the Empire from the Saxons to the Salians (1002-1056), Pt. 1 — 16:07
5. 05 - Ch. 2: The Transference of the Empire from the Saxons to the Salians (1002-1056), Pt. 2 — 18:16
6. 06 - Ch. 3: France under the Carolingians and Capetians (918-1108), Pt. 1 — 11:28
7. 07 - Ch. 3: France under the Carolingians and Capetians (918-1108), Pt. 2 — 12:04
8. 08 - Ch. 4: Cluny and Movements of Reform — 14:06
9. 09 - Ch. 5: The Eastern Empire and the Seljuk Turks (912-1081) — 18:48
10. 10 - Ch. 6: The War of Investiture (1056-1125), Pt. 1 — 26:59
11. 11 - Ch. 6: The War of Investiture (1056-1125), Pt. 2 — 26:21
12. 12 - Ch. 7: France under Louis VI. and Louis VII. (1108-1180) — 28:37
13. 13 - Ch. 8: The Twelfth-Century Renaissance — 22:12
14. 14 - Ch. 9: Germany and Italy under Lothair II. and Conrad III. (1125-1152) — 25:43
15. 15 - Ch. 10: The Comneni and the First Two Crusades (1081-1192), Pt. 1 — 14:07
16. 16 - Ch. 10: The Comneni and the First Two Crusades (1081-1192), Pt. 2 — 20:17
17. 17 - Ch. 11: Frederick Barbarossa and the Lombard Communes (1152-1190), Pt. 1 — 23:54
18. 18 - Ch. 11: Frederick Barbarossa and the Lombard Communes (1152-1190), Pt. 2 — 16:17
19. 19 - Ch. 12: Henry VI. and Innocent III. (1190-1216) — 24:05
20. 20 - Ch. 13: France under Philip Augustus, Louis VIII. and St. Louis (1180-1270), Pt. 1 — 15:33
21. 21 - Ch. 13: France under Philip Augustus, Louis VIII. and St. Louis (1180-1270), Pt. 2 — 21:27
22. 22 - Ch. 14: The Third and Fourth Crusades and the Latin Empire of the East (1149-1261) — 19:38
23. 23 - Ch. 15: Frederick II. and the Strife with the Papacy (1216-1250) — 29:49
24. 24 - Ch. 16: The Coming of the Friars and the Mediaeval Universities, Pt. 1 — 14:20

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