Machine generated contents note: Chronology of Main Events -- Maps -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Crisis and Change in the Roman Empire, 235-305 -- The Age of Constantine, 305-350 -- Protecting the Empire, 350-395 -- From the Battle of Adrianople to the Sack of Rome, 378-410 -- A Divided City: the Christian Church, 300-460 -- The Warlords -- The New Kingdoms -- The Twilight of the West, 518-568 -- Constantinople, Persia and the Arabs -- Decadent and Do-Nothing Kings, 511-711 -- From Britain to the Kingdoms of the Angles, 410-874 -- The Lombards in Italy, c.540-712 -- The Parting of East and West -- Monks and Missionaries -- Francia Revived, 714-768 -- Charlemagne, 768-814 -- The Carolingian Regime -- 'The Dissension of Kings', 814-911 -- 'The Desolation of the Pagans' -- The Empire Revived, 875-1002 -- The New Constantine: Otto III, 983-1002 -- The Western Frontiers of Christendom: Spain, 711-1037 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"This third edition of a classic textbook history of early medieval Europe is fully updated, rebalanced and revised to take account of the latest scholarship. Collins provides even greater treatment of the period 500-1000 and expands the geographical coverage of the book. Maps also feature in this new edition"-- Provided by publisher.
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