Early Medieval Europe 300–1000

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