| I. | The Greatness of Rome | [1] |
| II. | The Decline of Rome | [9] |
| III. | The Dawn of Christianity | [21] |
| IV. | Constantine the Great | [27] |
| V. | The Invasions of the Barbarians | [37] |
| VI. | The Rise of the Franks | [54] |
| VII. | Mahomet | [66] |
| VIII. | Charlemagne | [79] |
| IX. | The Invasions of the Northmen | [101] |
| X. | Feudalism and Monasticism | [117] |
| XI. | The Investiture Question | [130] |
| XII. | The Early Crusades | [143] |
| XIII. | The Making of France | [159] |
| XIV. | Empire and Papacy | [176] |
| XV. | Learning and Ecclesiastical Organization in the Middle Ages | [196] |
| XVI. | The Faith of the Middle Ages | [207] |
| XVII. | France under Two Strong Kings | [223] |
| XVIII. | The Hundred Years’ War | [236] |
| XIX. | Spain in the Middle Ages | [259] |
| XX. | Central and Northern Europe in the Later Middle Ages | [276] |
| XXI. | Italy in the Later Middle Ages | [297] |
| XXII. | Part I: The Fall of the Greek Empire | [327] |
| Part II: Voyage and Discovery | [337] | |
| XXIII. | The Renaissance | [346] |
| Some Authorities on Mediaeval History | [365] | |
| Chronological Summary, 476–1494 | [368] | |
| Mediaeval Genealogies | [375] | |
| Index | [385] |
MAPS
| The Roman Empire in the Time of Constantine the Great | [28] |
| The Empire of Charlemagne | [80] |
| France in the Reign of Henry II | [161] |
| The Treaty of Bretigni | [246] |
| France in 1429 | [254] |
| The Spanish Kingdoms, 1263–1492 | [260] |
| North-East Europe in the Middle Ages | [287] |
| Italy in the Later Middle Ages | [298] |
| The Near East in the Middle Ages | [328] |
I
THE GREATNESS OF ROME
‘Ave, Roma Immortalis!’, ‘Hail, Immortal Rome!’ This cry, breaking from the lips of a race that had carried the imperial eagles from the northern shores of Europe to Asia and Africa, was no mere patriotic catchword. It was the expression of a belief that, though humanity must die and personal ambitions fade away, yet Rome herself was eternal and unconquerable, and what was wrought in her name would outlast the ages.
In the modern world it is sometimes necessary to remind people of their citizenship, but the Roman never forgot the greatness of his inheritance. When St. Paul, bound with thongs and condemned to be scourged, declared, ‘I am Roman born,’ the Captain of the Guard, who had only gained his citizenship by paying a large sum of money, was afraid of the prisoner on whom he had laid hands without a trial.