Title: The end of the ancient world and the beginnings of the Middle Ages.
Authors: Lot, Ferdinand, 1866-1952.
Publisher: Harper
Year: 1961
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval.; Middle Ages.; Europe History
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Contents: The political crisis of the third century -- The restoration of the Roman world -- The Roman Empire and the church in the fourth century -- Economic retrogression of the Roman world -- The Constantinian monarchy, its nature, reforms and services -- The caste system -- The large estate versus the state and the weak: the patronage system -- The decay and end of ancient art -- The decadence of literature; the disappearance of ancient philosophy and science -- The corruption of public spirit -- Rome and the barbarians in the second half of the fourth century (350 to 395) -- The Roman Empire in the west from 395 to 476 -- The Roman Empire in the east from 395 to 518 -- Italy after the disappearance of the western empire from 476 to 526 -- The persistence of Roman political institutions in the west: the problem of the disappearance of the empire -- The return of the empire: Justinian and the "Reconquista" -- The failure of Justinian's work -- Visigothic Spain -- The Lombard state -- The papacy and Italy from the middle of the sixth to the middle of the eighth century (554-753) -- The seizure of the Gauls by the Franks -- The descendants of Clovis -- The decay and end of the Merovingians -- The Merovingian monarchy: institutions -- Economic life -- Intellectual and artistic life: education -- Religious life -- Lay society.