Early Mediaeval Europe, 300-1000 (Macmillan history of Europe)

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Problem-solving emperors....Pages 1-15 The age of Constantine....Pages 16-29 Frontier wars and civil wars, 350–395....Pages 30-44 The battle of Adrianople and the sack of Rome....Pages 45-57 A divided city: the Christian Church, 300–460....Pages 58-74 The disappearance of an army....Pages 75-93 The new kingdoms....Pages 94-108 The twilight of the West, 518–568....Pages 109-126 Constantinople, Persia and the Arabs....Pages 127-143 Decadent and do-nothing kings....Pages 144-161 The remaking of Britain....Pages 162-182 The Lombard achievement, c. 540–712....Pages 183-203 The sundering of East and West....Pages 204-218 Monks and missionaries....Pages 219-244 Towards a new western Empire, 714–800....Pages 245-271 The new Constantine....Pages 272-286 ‘The dissension of kings’....Pages 287-312 ‘The desolation of the pagans’....Pages 313-336 Towards the millennium....Pages 337-355 Back Matter....Pages 356-453 A broad history of early medieval Europe from 300 to 1000, this book covers such themes as the age of Constantine, the Battle of Adrianpole, the Lombard achievement and monks and missionaries.