Table of Contents

Chronology of Main Events, 238-1000 Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Problem-Solving Emperors The Age of Constantine Frontier Wars and Civil Wars, 350-395 The Battle of Adrianople and the Sack of Rome A Divided City: The Christian Church, 300-460 The Disappearance of an Army The New Kingdoms The Twilight of the West, 518-568 Constantinople, Persia and the Arabs Decadent and Do-Nothing Kings The Remaking of Britain The Lombard Achievement, c.540-712 The Sundering of East and West Monks and Missionaries Towards a New Western Empire, 714-800 The New Constantine Frontier Societies: Christian Spain, 711-1037 'The Dissension of Kings' 'The Desolation of the Pagans' The Ottonian Age Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

ROGER COLLINS is Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews

'The historical spectrum covered is astonishingly extensive, and, ebcause of this, the volume will be useful as a reference work.' - Professor Albrecht Classen, Department of German Studies, University of Arizona 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