Table of Contents

List of Maps and Plans - Preface - The Frankish Inheritance - The Making of the Carolingian Dynasty, 687-771 - The Saxon Wars, 772-785 - Italy and Spain, 773-787 - Tassilo III and Bavaria, 781-788 - Conflict on the Steppes: The Avars, 788-799 - Reform and Renewal, 789-799 - Frankfurt and Aachen, 792-794 - The Imperial Coronation of 800 and its Aftermath - Frontiers and Wars, 802-813 - Notes - Bibliography - Index