Europe in the Middle Ages

CONTENTS

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

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