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By Charles Oman
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A concise narrative and analytical survey of early medieval Europe from the fall of Western Roman authority to the early tenth century, tracing political transformations that produced new kingdoms, Byzantine resilience, Islamic expansion, and the rise of Frankish power. It surveys major rulers, dynasties, military campaigns, migrations, and institutional changes, treating the Lombard and Visigothic polities, Justinian’s wars, Merovingian and Carolingian developments, the evolving role of the papacy, iconoclasm, Viking incursions, and regional developments in Italy, Germany, and Byzantium. Organized chronologically and supplemented with maps, genealogical tables, and appendices, it offers a continuous, accessible sketch of the period’s political and military history.

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Title: The Dark Ages, 476-918

Author: Charles Oman

Release date: February 29, 2020 [eBook #61536]
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Language: English

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PERIODS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY
PERIOD I., 476-918
Periods of European History
General Editor, ARTHUR HASSALL, M.A.,
Student of Christ Church, Oxford.
Crown 8vo. With Maps and Plans.

The object of this series is to present in separate Volumes a comprehensive and trustworthy account of the general development of European History, and to deal fully and carefully with the more prominent events in each century.

It is believed that no such attempt to place the History of Europe before the English Public has yet been made, and it is hoped that the Series will form a valuable continuous History of Mediæval and Modern Europe.

Period I.—The Dark Ages. A.D. 476-918. By C. W. C. Oman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 7s. 6d. [Already published.

Period II.—The Empire and the Papacy. A.D. 918-1273. By T. F. Tout, M.A., Professor of History at the Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester. 7s. 6d. [Already published.

Period III.—The Close of the Middle Ages. A.D. 1272-1494. By R. Lodge, M.A., Professor of History at the University of Glasgow. [In preparation.

Period IV.—Europe in the 16th Century. A.D. 1494-1598. By A. H. Johnson, M.A., Historical Lecturer to Merton, Trinity, and University Colleges, Oxford. 7s. 6d. [Already published.

Period V.—The Ascendancy of France. A.D. 1598-1715. By H. O. Wakeman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, and Tutor of Keble College, Oxford. 6s. [Already published.

Period VI.—The Balance of Power. A.D. 1715-1789. By A. Hassall, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. 6s. [Already published.

Period VII.—Revolutionary Europe. A.D. 1789-1815. By H. Morse Stephens, M.A., Professor of History at Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A. 6s. [Already published.

Period VIII.—Modern Europe. A.D. 1815-1878. By G. W. Prothero, Litt.D., Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh. [In preparation.

THE DARK AGES
 

476-918

BY
CHARLES OMAN, M.A., F.S.A.
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE
AND LECTURER AT NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD
AUTHOR OF ‘A HISTORY OF GREECE,’
‘THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES,’ ETC.
PERIOD I
RIVINGTONS
KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN
LONDON
1898
Third Edition
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