The Dark Ages

The Dark Ages
Charles Oman

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I ODOACER AND THEODORIC 476-493
CHAPTER II - THEODORIC KING OF ITALY 493-526
CHAPTER III- THE EMPERORS AT CONSTANTINOPLE - 476-527
CHAPTER IV CHLODOVECH AND THE FRANKS IN GAUL 481-511
CHAPTER V - JUSTINIAN AND HIS WARS A.D. 528-540
CHAPTER VI – JUSTINIAN—{continued) 540-565 A.D.
CHAPTER VII - THE EARLIER FRANKISH KINGS AND THEIR ORGANISATION OF GAUL 511-561.
CHAPTER VIII THE VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN 531-603
CHAPTER IX - THE SUCCESSORS OF JUSTINIAN 565-610
CHAPTER XI - THE LOMBARDS IN ITALY, AND THE RISE OF THE PAPACY 568-653
CHAPTER XII - HERACLIUS AND MOHAMMED 610-641
CHAPTER XIII-THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE VISIGOTHS A.D. 603-711
CHAPTER XIV- THE CONTEST OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE AND THE CALIPHATE 641-717
CHAPTER XV- THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT MAYORS OF THE PALACE 656-720
CHAPTER XVI- THE LOMBARDS AND THE PAPACY 653-743
CHAPTER XVII- CHARLES MARTEL AND HIS WARS 720-741
CHAPTER XVIII- THE ICONOCLAST EMPERORS—STATE OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY 717-802
CHAPTER XIX- PIPPIN THE SHORT—WARS OF THE FRANKS AND LOMBARDS 741-768
CHAPTER XX- CHARLES THE GREAT—EARLY YEARS 768-785 — CONQUEST OF LOMBARDY AND SAXONY.
CHAPTER XXI - THE LATER WARS AND CONQUESTS OF CHARLES THE GREAT 785-814
CHAPTER XXII CHARLES THE GREAT AND THE EMPIRE
CHAPTER XXIII- LEWIS THE PIOUS – 814-840
CHAPTER XXIV- DISRUPTION OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE—THE COMING OF THE VIKINGS 840855
CHAPTER XXV- THE DARKEST HOUR 855-887
CHAPTER XXVI- ITALY AND SICILY IN THE NINTH CENTURY 827-924
CHAPTER XXVII - GERMANY 888-918
CHAPTER XXVIII - THE EASTERN EMPIRE IN THE NINTH CENTURY – 802-912
CHAPTER XXIX - THE END OF THE NINTH CENTURY IN WESTERN EUROPE, CONCLUSION