| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | The Fall of the Empire in the West (476 A. D.) | [1] |
| II. | The Ostrogoths (489-553) | [12] |
| III. | The Lombard Invasion (568) | [23] |
| IV. | The Church (568-700) | [31] |
| V. | The Coming of the Franks (726-768) | [40] |
| VI. | Charlemagne (768-814) | [49] |
| VII. | From Charlemagne to Nicholas I (814-867) | [57] |
| VIII. | The Degradation of Italy (867-962) | [67] |
| IX. | The Revival of the Papacy (962-1056) | [79] |
| X. | The Struggle over Investitures (1059-1123) | [89] |
| XI. | Trade against Feudalism (1152-1190) | [102] |
| XII. | Triumph of the Papacy (1198-1216) | [114] |
| XIII. | St. Francis (1182-1226) | [125] |
| XIV. | The Fall of the Empire (1216-1250) | [133] |
| XV. | The Fall of the Mediæval Papacy (1303) | [145] |
| XVI. | Last Flicker of the Empire (1309-1313) | [152] |
| XVII. | A Review of the States of Italy (about 1300) | [161] |
| XVIII. | The Transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance | [175] |
| XIX. | The Intellectual Dawn after the Middle Ages (1260-1336) | [182] |
| XX. | The Despotisms (1250-1350) | [192] |
| XXI. | The Classical Revival (1350) | [201] |
| XXII. | The Ills of the Fourteenth Century | [209] |
| XXIII. | A Bird's-Eye View (1350-1450) | [218] |
| XXIV. | The Early Renaissance (1400-1450) | [231] |
| XXV. | The Renaissance (1450-1492) | [242] |
| XXVI. | The Barbarian Invasions (1494-1537) | [253] |
| XXVII. | The Papal Monarchy (1471-1527) | [267] |
| XXVIII. | The High Renaissance (1499-1521) | [281] |
| XXIX. | Italy and the Catholic Revival (1527-1563) | [293] |
| XXX. | The Cinquecento (16th Century) | [304] |
| XXXI. | A Survey of Italy (1580-1581) | [319] |
| XXXII. | The Age of Stagnation, Politics (1580-1789) | [335] |
| XXXIII. | The Age of Stagnation, the Arts (1580-1789) | [348] |
| XXXIV. | The Napoleonic Era (1789-1820) | [361] |
| XXXV. | The Reawakening (1820-1821) | [369] |
| XXXVI. | Perturbed Inactivity (1821-1847) | [377] |
| XXXVII. | Tumultuous Years (1848-1849) | [386] |
| XXXVIII. | The Unity of Italy (1849-1871) | [395] |
| XXXIX. | Conclusion (1872-1900) | [409] |
| APPENDIX |
| I. | Chronological Table of Popes and Emperors | [421] |
| II. | Genealogy of the Medici | [428] |
| III. | Skeleton Table of the Kings of the Two Sicilies | [429] |
| IV. | List of Books for General Reading | [430] |
| | INDEX | [433] |