I. the beginnings of the medieval expansion of Europe. Classical discoveries and Dark Age transformations -- Europe in the eleventh century -- commerce and the crusades -- II. Europe and Asia. Europe and the Mongol invasions -- The eastern missions -- European merchants and the East -- The lost alliance: European monarchs and Mongol 'crusaders' -- III. Two continents and an ocean. Medieval Europe and Africa -- Medieval Europe and North America -- IV. Europe and the world: c.1100-1450. Scholarship and the imagination -- Geography in the fifteenth century -- V. The fifteenth-century expansion of Europe. Fresh start or new phase? -- Conclusion
Summary
Between the year 1000 and the middle of the 14th century, a series of events unfolded as Europeans made contact with a substantial part of the inhabited world. This book explores the expansion of Europe, from China and India, to North America
