EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
A.D. 843-1161
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
Events treated at length are here indicated in large type; the numerals following give volume and page.
Separate chronologies of the various nations, and of the careers of famous persons, will be found in the INDEX VOLUME, with volume and page references showing where the several events are fully treated.
A.D.
843. Messina in Sicily captured by the Saracens.
Feudalism may be said to become an actuality from about this time. See "[FEUDALISM: ITS FRANKISH BIRTH AND ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT]," v, 1.
The Danes—called by Arabian writers "Magioges," people of Gog and Magog—land at Lisbon from fifty-four ships and carry off a rich booty.
The treaty of Verdun, between the three sons of Louis le Débonnaire. See "[DECAY OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE]," v, 22.