Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000

ROGER COLLINS is Honorary Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

• List of Maps and GenealogiesChronology of Main Events, 238-1000Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionIntroductionCrisis and Change in the Roman Empire, 235-305The Age of Constantine, 305-350Protecting the Empire, 350-395From the Battle of Adrianople to the Sack of Rome, 378-410A Divided City: the Christian Church, 300-460The WarlordsThe New KingdomsThe Twilight of the West, 518-568Constantinople, Persia and the ArabsDecadent and Do-Nothing Kings, 511-711From Britain to the Kingdoms of the Angles, 410-874The Lombards in Italy, c.540-712The Parting of East and WestMonks and MissionariesFrancia Revived, 714-768Charlemagne, 768-814The Carolingian Regime'The Dissension of Kings', 814-911'The Desolation of the Pagans'The Empire Revived, 875-1002The Western Frontiers of Christendom: Spain, 711-1037.

Praise for the second edition: 'The historical spectrum covered is astonishingly extensive, and, because of this, the volume will be useful as a reference work.' - Professor Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, USA Review of first edition: 'A large and intricate body of fundamental research on the narrative sources, deployed with clarity and expertise for which many readers will be extremely grateful.' - Times Higher Education Supplement