A GENERAL HISTORY OF EUROPE General Editor: Denys Hay For many years the volumes of Denys Hay’s distinguished General History of Europe have been standard recommendations for university students, sixth formers and general readers. They offer broad surveys of European history, in which the detailed discussion (on a regional or continent-wide basis) of social, economic, administrative and intellectual themes is woven into a clear framework of political events. They set out to combine scho- larship with accessibility in texts which are both attractively written and intellectually vigorous. Now the entire sequence is under revision by its original authors — most of the volumes for the first time since they were published ~ and the books are being redesigned and reset. The revised General History of Europe, when complete, will contain twelve volumes, three of them wholly new. * THE DECLINE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 4. H. M. Jones Q THE LATE ROMAN WORLD David Hunt Q > EUROPE FROM THE FIFTH CENTURY TO THE TENTH Thomas F.X. Noble # EUROPE IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES 962-1154 Christopher Brooke # EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 1150-1309 John H. Mundy ¢# EUROPE IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES Denys Hay + EUROPE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY H. G., Koenigsberger, George L. Mossse and G. Q. Bowler # EUROPE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY D. H. Pennington + EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1713-1783 (Third Edition) M. S. Anderson # EUROPE 1780-1830 Franklin L. Ford + EUROPE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 1830-1880 H. Hearder + EUROPE 1880-1945 John Roberts Q > EUROPE SINCE 1945 R. J. Overy * Available in the original edition + New edition published in the revised format Q New title in preparationEUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 1150-1309 SECOND EDITION JOHN H. MUNDY EV mY LONGMAN LONDON AND NEW YORKLongman Group UK Limited Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world, Published in the United States of America by Longman Inc., New York © Longman Group UK Limited 1973, 1991 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1P 9HE. First published 1973 Second edition 1991 Second impression 1993 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Mundy, John H. (John Hine) 1917— Europe in the high Middle Ages, 1150-1309.-2nd. ed.-(A General history of Europe). 1. Europe, 1100-1453 L Title II. Series 940.17 ISBN 0-582-49395-1 PPR 0-582-08016-9 CSD Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mundy, John Hine, 1917- Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1150-1309 / John Hine Mundy.-- 2nd ed. p. cm. -- (A General history of Europe) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-582-08016-9. —- ISBN 0-582-49395-1 pbk.) 1, Europe--History--476-1492. 2. Middle Ages-—History. I. Title. IL Series. D200.M86 1991 940.1°7--de20 90-42973 cre Set in Postcript Bembo Produced by Longman Singapore Publishers (Pte) Ltd Printed in Singapore