Chapter I: Odoacer to the Triumph of Narses (476-568 A.d.) 377

The rise of Theodoric, 380. The Goths move upon Italy, 383.
Theodoric the Great, 385. Theodoric and the Church, 389.
The fate of Boethius and Symmachus, 391. The troubles of
Amalasuntha, 394. Justinian intervenes, 396. Witiges king
of the Goths, 399. Belisarius and the siege of Rome, 399.
Sufferings of the Romans, 402. The pope deposed, 403. A three
months’ truce, 404. Last efforts of the Goths, 405. Jealousy of
the Roman generals, 406. A Frankish invasion, 407. The test of
Belisarius’ fidelity, 409. The rise of Totila, 410. Belisarius
again in Italy, 412. Second siege of Rome, 413. Totila
captures Rome, 415. Belisarius remantles the deserted city,
416. Totila again takes Rome, 417. Narses returns to Italy,
418. Battle of Taginæ and death of Totila, 419. Progress of
Narses, 420. Interference of the Franks, 422. Battle of Capua,
or the Vulturnus, 423. End of Gothic sway, 424.

CHAPTER II

LOMBARD INVASION TO LIUTPRAND’S DEATH (568-744 A.D.) 426

Early history of the Lombards, 426. Their wanderings from the
Elbe to the Danube, 427. The Lombards in the region of the
Danube, 429. Wars with the Gepids, 431. Alboin annihilates
the Gepid power, 433. Alboin plans to invade Italy, 434. The
end of Narses, 435. The Lombards enter Italy, 436. The end of
Alboin, 437. Extent of Lombard sway, 440. The reign and wooing
of Authari, 442. Lombard government and law, 443. The decay
of Rome, 444. The Lombard kings, 445. Decline of the Lombard
kingdom, 446. Reign of Liutprand, 447. Liutprand and Martel,
448. Liutprand and the Italian powers, 449. Liutprand, the
pope, and Constantinople, 450. Peace with Rome, 454. Hodgkin’s
estimate of Liutprand, 455.

CHAPTER III

THE FRANKS TO THE TIME OF CHARLES MARTEL (55 B.C.-732 A.D.) 457

First conflicts with Rome, 460. Franks in the Roman army, 462.
Early kings and the Salic Laws, 463. The reign of Clovis, 466.
Clovis turns Christian, 469. Successors of Clovis to Pepin,
477. The rise of Pepin, 481. Pepin of Heristal, 482. The career
of Charles Martel, 488.

CHAPTER IV

CHARLES MARTEL TO CHARLEMAGNE (732-768 A.D.) 497

The Saracens repelled, 498. The affairs of Rome, 499. The pope
calls to Charles, 500. Carloman and Pepin the Short, 502.
Pepin sole ruler, 504. Secularisation, 506. The anointing of
Pepin, 507. Lombard affairs, 509. The pope visits Pepin, 511.
Pepin invades Italy, 513. Second war with the Lombards, 513.
Desiderius made Lombard king, 515. Pepin and the Aquitanians,
516.

CHAPTER V

CHARLEMAGNE (768-814 A.D.) 520

His biography, by a contemporary, 520. The Italian War, 523.
The Saxon War, 524. The pass of Roncesvalles, 525. Third
visit to Italy, 526. Bavarian War with Tassilo, 526. Wars in
the North and with the Avars, 527. Danish War, 528. Glory
of Charlemagne, 528. His family, 530. His personal look and
habits, 532. His imperial title, 535. His death, 535. His will
and testament, 537. Giesebrecht on Charles the Great, 539. The
final subjugation of the Saxons, 543. The imperial coronation,
544. Administration and reforms of Charles, 546. Last years of
Charles, 552. The legendary Charlemagne, 554. The Monk of St.
Gall’s story, 554. Sheppard’s summary of the legends, 555.

CHAPTER VI

CHARLEMAGNE’S SUCCESSORS TO THE TREATY OF VERDUN (814-843 A.D.) 557

Louis le Débonnaire, or Pious, 557. Humiliation of Louis, 560.
Louis returns to power, 561. Last years of Louis, 563. Quarrels
of his successors, 565. Charles the Bald and Ludwig the German
unite, 566. Lothair brought to terms, 569. Oppression of the
Saxon freemen, 570. The Treaty of Verdun, 571.

CHAPTER VII

THE BIRTH OF GERMAN NATIONALITY (843-936 A.D.) 574

The reign of Ludwig the German, 575. War with the Slavonic
tribes, 576. Ludwig turns against Charles the Bald, 577. The
end of Lothair, 578. Ludwig and Charles divide Lothair’s
possessions, 580. Last years of Ludwig the German, 580. The
sons of Ludwig the German; Charles the Fat, 582. Ludwig the
Younger, 583. Ravages of the Northmen, 586. Charles the Fat,
587. Arnulf, 589. Arnulf enters Italy, 591. The Babenberg feud,
593. The Hungarian invasions, 594. Conrad I, 595. Reign of
Henry (I) the Fowler, 598. The unification of the empire, 599.
Wars against outer enemies, 601.

CHAPTER VIII

OTTO THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS (936-1024 A.D.) 608

The coronation of Otto I, 608. The overthrow of the Stem
duchies, 609. The tenth-century renaissance, 610. The
strengthening of the marks, 613. Victory over the Magyars
and Wends, 613. The revival of the Roman Empire, 614. The
imperial coronation, 615. Wars in Italy against Byzantium, 617.
Comparison of Henry the Fowler and Otto with Charlemagne, 618.
The unforeseen evils of Otto’s reign, 620. Otto II, 621. Otto
in France and Italy, 622. Quelling of the Slavs, 622. Otto
III, 623. Otto III makes and unmakes popes, 624. Henry (II)
the Saint, 626. Henry’s policy, 627. Relation of Italy to the
empire at death of Henry II, 628.