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Originally published in 1956, A History of Early Medieval Europe traces the changes that took place in Europe between the fifth and tenth centuries, a time of social and political upheaval, when the organization of the Roman Empire, with its single emperor, army and civil service, was replaced by the divided Europe of the Germanic kingdom in the west and the Byzantine empire in the east.
List of contents
1. The Roman Heritage in 476 2. The Barbarian Movements and Settlements 3. The Ostrogoths in Italy 4. The Franks 5. The Vandals 6. The Visigoths 7. Economic Change 8. The Formation of the Eastern Empire 9. East Roman Imperial Policy from Zeno to Justinian (474-565) 10. The Church from the Fifth to the Eighth Century 11. Islam: Origins and Conquests 12. The Eastern Empire from Justinian to the Iconoclasts: The Heraclians 13. The Greco-Roman and Christian Heritage 14. The Lombards in Italy 15. The Later Merovingians 16. Charles Martel and Pepin the Short 17. The Carolingian Political Scene 18. The Carolingian Conquests 19. The Carolingian Conquests: Continued 20. The Christian Empire 21. The Byzantine Empire from 711 to 912: The Isaurian Emperors, the Amorians and the Rise of the Macedonian Dynasty 22. The Divisions of the Carolingian Empire 814-843 23. The Carolingian Empire from 843 till the Death of Charles the Fat, 888 24. Celts and Scandinavians 25. The Slavs 26. The Carolingian Renaissance: Schools and Scholars 27. The Carolingian Renaissance: The Contribution to Knowledge 28. The End of the Carolingian Empire Chronological Lists Index
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Deanesly, Margaret
Summary
Originally published in 1956, A History of Early Medieval Europe traces the changes that took place in Europe between the fifth and tenth centuries, a time of social and political upheaval when the organization of the Roman Empire.
