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The Dark Ages, 476-918

Chapter 6: APPENDIX.
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.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. Odoacer and Theodoric, 476-493, 1
II. Theodoric King of Italy, 493-526, 19
III. The Emperors at Constantinople, 476-527, 33
IV. Chlodovech and the Franks in Gaul, 481-511, 55
V. Justinian and his Wars, 528-540, 65
VI. Justinian—(continued), 540-565, 89
VII. The Earlier Frankish Kings and their Organisation of Gaul, 511-561, 111
VIII. The Visigoths in Spain, 531-603, 128
IX. The Successors of Justinian, 565-610, 145
X. Decline and Decay of the Merovingians, 561-656, 158
XI. The Lombards in Italy and the Rise of the Papacy, 568-653, 181
XII. Heraclius and Mohammed, 610-641, 204
XIII. The Decline and Fall of the Visigoths, A.D. 603-711, 221
XIV. The Contest of the Eastern Empire and the Caliphate, 641-717, 235
XV. The History of the Great Mayors of the Palace, 656-720, 256
XVI. The Lombards and the Papacy, 653-743, 272
XVII. Charles Martel and his Wars, 720-41, 289
XVIII. The Iconoclast Emperors—state of the Eastern Empire in the Eighth Century, 717-802, 300
XIX. Pippin the Short—Wars of the Franks and Lombards, 741-768, 322
XX. Charles the Great—early years 768-785—Conquest of Lombardy and Saxony, 335
XXI. The later Wars and Conquests of Charles the Great, 785-814, 357
XXII. Charles the Great and the Empire, 369
XXIII. Lewis the Pious, 814-840, 383
XXIV. Disruption of the Frankish Empire—the coming of the Vikings, 840-855, 405
XXV. The Darkest hour, 855-887. From the Death of Lothair I. to the Deposition of Charles the Fat, 424
XXVI. Italy and Sicily in the Ninth Century, 827-924, 446
XXVII. Germany, 888-918, 468
XXVIII. The Eastern Empire in the Ninth Century, 802-912, 478
XXIX. The end of the Ninth Century in Western Europe. Conclusion, 496
 
  Index 519

MAPS

NO.   PAGE
1. The Perso-Roman Frontier under Justinian, 91
2. The Frankish Kingdoms in 511, 112
3. The Frankish Kingdoms in 575, 160
4. Italy in 590, 189
5. The Asiatic Themes, 243
6. Saxony in the Ninth Century, 350
7. The Partition-Treaty of Verdun, 853, 410
8. Western Europe in 890, 444

GENEALOGICAL TABLES

1. The Vandal Kings, 12
2. The Eastern Emperors, 457-518, 39
3. The House of the Merovings, 166
4. The Lombard Kings, 183
5. The House of Heraclius, 236
6. The Mayors of the Palace of the House of St. Arnulf, 260
7. The Descendants of Charles the Great, 413

APPENDIX.

Names and Dates of the Emperors at Constantinople, the Ostrogothic and Visigothic Kings, the Popes, and the Caliphs, 515-517