Oxford, November 1893.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
The author has to acknowledge much kind help in the revision of this second edition given him by the Rev. Dr. Bright, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History; by Mr. C. H. Turner, Fellow of Magdalen College; by the Rev. F. E. Brightman, of University College; and by the unwearied compiler of the index. They have materially improved the accuracy of the book by their suggestions.
October 30, 1894.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Odoacer and Theodoric, 476-493, | [1] |
| II. | Theodoric King of Italy, 493-526, | [19] |
| III. | The Emperors at Constantinople, 476-527, | [33] |
| IV. | Chlodovech and the Franks in Gaul, 481-511, | [55] |
| V. | Justinian and his Wars, 528-540, | [65] |
| VI. | Justinian—(continued), 540-565, | [89] |
| VII. | The Earlier Frankish Kings and their Organisation of Gaul, 511-561, | [111] |
| VIII. | The Visigoths in Spain, 531-603, | [128] |
| IX. | The Successors of Justinian, 565-610, | [145] |
| X. | Decline and Decay of the Merovingians, 561-656, | [158] |
| XI. | The Lombards in Italy and the Rise of the Papacy, 568-653, | [181] |
| XII. | Heraclius and Mohammed, 610-641, | [204] |
| XIII. | The Decline and Fall of the Visigoths, A.D. 603-711, | [221] |
| XIV. | The Contest of the Eastern Empire and the Caliphate, 641-717, | [235] |
| XV. | The History of the Great Mayors of the Palace, 656-720, | [256] |
| XVI. | The Lombards and the Papacy, 653-743, | [272] |
| XVII. | Charles Martel and his Wars, 720-41, | [289] |
| XVIII. | The Iconoclast Emperors—state of the Eastern Empire in the Eighth Century, 717-802, | [300] |
| XIX. | Pippin the Short—Wars of the Franks and Lombards, 741-768, | [322] |
| XX. | Charles the Great—early years 768-785—Conquest of Lombardy and Saxony, | [335] |
| XXI. | The later Wars and Conquests of Charles the Great, 785-814, | [357] |
| XXII. | Charles the Great and the Empire, | [369] |
| XXIII. | Lewis the Pious, 814-840, | [383] |
| XXIV. | Disruption of the Frankish Empire—the coming of the Vikings, 840-855, | [405] |
| XXV. | The Darkest hour, 855-887. From the Death of Lothair I. to the Deposition of Charles the Fat, | [424] |
| XXVI. | Italy and Sicily in the Ninth Century, 827-924, | [446] |
| XXVII. | Germany, 888-918, | [468] |
| XXVIII. | The Eastern Empire in the Ninth Century, 802-912, | [478] |
| XXIX. | The end of the Ninth Century in Western Europe. Conclusion, | [496] |
| Index | [519] |
MAPS
| NO. | PAGE | |
| 1. | The Perso-Roman Frontier under Justinian, | [91] |
| 2. | The Frankish Kingdoms in 511, | [112] |
| 3. | The Frankish Kingdoms in 575, | [160] |
| 4. | Italy in 590, | [189] |
| 5. | The Asiatic Themes, | [243] |
| 6. | Saxony in the Ninth Century, | [350] |
| 7. | The Partition-Treaty of Verdun, 853, | [410] |
| 8. | Western Europe in 890, | [444] |