PREFACE

CONTENTS

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I THE GREATNESS OF ROME

II THE DECLINE OF ROME

III THE DAWN OF CHRISTIANITY

IV CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

V THE INVASIONS OF THE BARBARIANS

VI THE RISE OF THE FRANKS

VII MAHOMET

VIII CHARLEMAGNE

IX THE INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN

X FEUDALISM AND MONASTICISM

XI THE INVESTITURE QUESTION

XII THE EARLY CRUSADES

XIII THE MAKING OF FRANCE

XIV EMPIRE AND PAPACY

XV LEARNING AND ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES

XVI THE FAITH OF THE MIDDLE AGES

XVII FRANCE UNDER TWO STRONG KINGS

XVIII THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR

XIX SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE AGES

XX CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES

XXI ITALY IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES

XXII PART I. THE FALL OF THE GREEK EMPIRE

XXIII THE RENAISSANCE

SOME AUTHORITIES ON MEDIAEVAL HISTORY

Chronological Summary, 476 - 1494

MEDIAEVAL GENEALOGIES

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

EUROPE
IN THE MIDDLE AGES

BY

IERNE L. PLUNKET
M.A. Oxon.
AUTHOR OF ‘THE FALL OF THE OLD ORDER’, ‘ISABEL OF CASTILE’, ETC.

OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1922

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