The First European Revolution, 970-1215 AD, 2000, 256 p. -

This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late 10th to the early 13th centuries. The author argues that the period witnessed the first true 'revolution' in Europe society, characterized by a transformation in the economy, family structures, sources of power. These changes brought into being for the first time an autonomous city-supporting civilization in non-Mediterranean Europe. This transformation shaped medieval and modern Europe.