The Rise of Christian EuropeThe steps by which western Europe was able to rise out of the Dark Ages, shake off the Moslem power, inaugurate the twelfth century Renaissance and bring it to full glory two centuries later. |
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THE END OF ANTIQUITY | 33 |
THE DARK AGES | 71 |
THE CRUSADES ΙΟΙ | 100 |
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