The End of the Ancient World

The End of the Ancient World and the Beginning of the Middle Ages; Part I: The Crisis of the Third Century and the Restoration of the Empire; I: The Political Crisis of the Third Century; II: The Restoration of the Roman World; III: The Roman Empire and the Church in the Fourth Century 1; IV: Economic Retrogression of the Roman World; V: The Constantinian Monarchy. Its Nature. Reforms and Services; VI: The Caste System; VII: The Large Estate versus The State and the Weak The Patronage System; VIII: The Decay and End of Ancient Art; IX: The Decadence of Literature The Disappearance of Ancient Philosophy and Science; X: The Corruption of Public Spirit; Part Two: The Downfall; I: Rome and the Barbarians in the Second Half of the Fourth Century (350 to 395) 1; II: The Roman Empire in the West from 395 to 476 1; III: The Roman Empire in the East from 395 to 518 1; Part Three: After the Downfall; I: Italy after the Disappearance of the Western Empire from 476 to 526; II: The Persistence of Roman Political Institutions in the West. The Problem of the Disappearance of the Empire; III: The Return of the Empire. Justinian and the “ Reconquista ” 1; IV: The Failure of Justinian's Work; V: Visigothic Spain 1; VI: The Lombard State 1; VII: The Papacy and Italy from the Middle of the Sixth to the Middle of the Eighth Century (554-753); VIII: The Seizure of Gaul by the Franks; IX: The Descendants of Clovis 1; X: The Decay and End of the Merovingians 1; XI: The Merovingian Monarchy. Institutions 1; XII: Economic Life; XIII: Intellectual and Artistic Life Education 1; XIV: Religious Life 1; XV: Lay Society

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Ferdinand Lot