I have to thank the Rev. L. Pullan for help from his wide knowledge, and Mr. L. Strachan, of Heidelberg, of whose accuracy and learning I have had long experience, for reading the proofs and making the index.
W. H. H.
S. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, Septuagesima, 1906.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I PAGE THE CHURCH AND ITS PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY . . . . 1
CHAPTER II THE EMPIRE AND THE EASTERN CHURCH, 461-628 . . . . . . . . 6
CHAPTER III THE CHURCH IN ITALY, 461-590 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CHAPTER IV CHRISTIANITY IN GAUL FROM THE SIXTH TO THE EIGHTH CENTURY 41
CHAPTER V THE PONTIFICATE OF GREGORY THE GREAT . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CHAPTER VI CONTROVERSY AND THE CATHOLICISM OF SPAIN . . . . . . . . . 72