Early Medieval World, The : From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Volume One; List of Entries; Guide to Related Topics; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology of the Late Antique and Early Medieval World; Maps; Entries A-K; Volume Two; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Entries L-Z; Primary Documents; 1. Tacitus's Description of Early Germanic Society; 2. An Early Crisis of Church and State: Ambrose of Milan's Excommunication of Theodosius; 3. Ammianus Marcellinus's Account of the Battle of Hadrianople; 4. Pope Leo I, the Great, Defends Rome against Attila the Hun. 5. Augustine of Hippo's Definition of a True Commonwealth6. Augustine of Hippo's Conversion Experience; 7. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England according to Bede; 8. Bede's Description of the Life and Works, Including the Conversion of England, of Pope Gregory I, the Great; 9. Bede's Account of the Synod of Whitby; 10. Charlemagne's Letter Promoting Learning in His Empire; 11. An Inventory of a Carolingian Royal Estate; 12. Charlemagne's Law Imposing Christianity on the Saxons; 13. Excerpts from Einhard's Biography of Charlemagne. 14. Eusebius' Description of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and the Conversion of Constantine15. Gildas's Version of the Conquest of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons; 16. A Letter from Pope Gregory III to Charles Martel Seeking Aid against the Lombards; 17. Gregory of Tours: Clovis and the Vase of Soissons; 18. Gregory of Tours: The Conversion of Clovis; 19. An Account of the Battle of Tours by a Spanish Christian Chronicler; 20. Excerpts from Jordanes's Getica; 21. Justinian's Codification of Roman Law; 22. Charlemagne and a Painted Mouse Humble a Proud Bishop. 23. Paul the Deacon Explains the Name of the Lombard People24. The Lombards Invade Italy on the Invitation of Narses; 25. Priscus's Description of Attila the Hun and his Court; 26. Procopius Describes the Excesses of Justinian and the Character of the Empress Theodora; 27. Rebellion against the Emperor Justinian; 28. Procopius's Description of the Hagia Sophia Following its Reconstruction by Justinian; 29. Martin of Tours Gives his Cloak to a Poor Beggar; 30. Boniface: An Early Medieval Missionary and Saint; Appendix: Rulers of Early Medieval Europe; Bibliography; Index; About the Author