The Church and the Barbarians in the Dark Ages

A beautifully written history of the Catholic Church and the Barbarian hordes that swarmed over Europe during the Dark Ages (461 AD to 1003 AD). 


Contents include: 


THE CHURCH AND ITS PROSPECTS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY 

THE EMPIRE AND THE EASTERN CHURCH (461-628) 

THE CHURCH IN ITALY, 461-590 

CHRISTIANITY IN GAUL FROM THE SIXTH TO THE EIGHTH CENTURY 

THE PONTIFICATE OF GREGORY THE GREAT 

CONTROVERSY AND THE CATHOLICISM OF SPAIN 

THE CHURCH AND THE MONOTHELITE CONTROVERSY, 628-725 

THE CHURCH IN ASIA 

THE CHURCH IN AFRICA 

THE CHURCH IN THE WESTERN ISLES 

THE CONVERSION OF SLAVS AND NORTHMEN 

PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH IN GERMANY 

THE POPES AND THE REVIVAL OF THE EMPIRE 

THE ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY 

LEARNING AND MONASTICISM 

SACRAMENTS AND LITURGIES 

THE END OF THE DARK AGE