The Dark Ages, 476-918

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Author

Oman, Charles, 1860-1946

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Europe -- History -- 476-1492

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61536

Release Date

February 29, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DARK AGES 476-918
2. 2.AUTHOR’S PREFACE — PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
3. 3.CONTENTS — MAPS — GENEALOGICAL TABLES — APPENDIX.
4. 4.CHAPTER I ODOACER AND THEODORIC 476-493
5. 5.CHAPTER II THEODORIC KING OF ITALY 493-526
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE EMPERORS AT CONSTANTINOPLE 476-527
7. 7.CHAPTER IV CHLODOVECH AND THE FRANKS IN GAUL 481-511
8. 8.CHAPTER V JUSTINIAN AND HIS WARS A.D. 528-540
9. 9.CHAPTER VI JUSTINIAN—( continued ) 540-565 A.D.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII THE EARLIER FRANKISH KINGS AND THEIR ORGANISATION OF GAUL 511-561.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII THE VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN 531-603
12. 12.CHAPTER IX THE SUCCESSORS OF JUSTINIAN 565-610
13. 13.CHAPTER X DECLINE AND DECAY OF THE MEROVINGIANS 561-656.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI THE LOMBARDS IN ITALY, AND THE RISE OF THE PAPACY 568-653
15. 15.CHAPTER XII HERACLIUS AND MOHAMMED 610-641
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE VISIGOTHS A.D. 603-711
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV THE CONTEST OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE AND THE CALIPHATE 641-717
18. 18.CHAPTER XV THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT MAYORS OF THE PALACE 656-720
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI THE LOMBARDS AND THE PAPACY 653-743
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII CHARLES MARTEL AND HIS WARS 720-41
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE ICONOCLAST EMPERORS—STATE OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY 717-802
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX PIPPIN THE SHORT—WARS OF THE FRANKS AND LOMBARDS 741-768
23. 23.CHAPTER XX CHARLES THE GREAT—EARLY YEARS 768-785—CONQUEST OF LOMBARDY AND SAXONY.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI THE LATER WARS AND CONQUESTS OF CHARLES THE GREAT 785-814
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII CHARLES THE GREAT AND THE EMPIRE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII LEWIS THE PIOUS 814-840
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV DISRUPTION OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE—THE COMING OF THE VIKINGS 840-855
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV THE DARKEST HOUR—A.D. 855-887
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI ITALY AND SICILY IN THE NINTH CENTURY (827-924)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII GERMANY 888-918
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII THE EASTERN EMPIRE IN THE NINTH CENTURY 802-912
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX THE END OF THE NINTH CENTURY IN WESTERN EUROPE. CONCLUSION
33. 33.APPENDIX TABLES OF SOVEREIGNS
34. 34.INDEX

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