The Charles Oman classic history of the Dark Ages, re-edited and
re-formatted with new illustrations and maps designed specifically for a
superior reading experience on all Kindles and on the iPhone/iPad via
the Kindle app.

Names of Kings and major political/military
persons have been updated and major typographical errors found with the
previous Kindle edition have been corrected. Combined with copious
illustrations, maps and images, the newly revised Dark Ages is essential
reading for anyone seeking to understand a critical period in Western
history that saw the transition from Roman Imperial rule to
conquest-driven tribal rule and, ultimately, a flowering into the High
Middle Ages.

Oman provides one of the best historical
examinations and explanations about the period widely known as the Dark
Ages, when the end of total and complex Roman Imperial rule over Europe
and the Mediterranean collapsed, taking the institutions that provided
so much cultural sophistication and stability with it. Very much a work
about how Europe, and the Western Tradition, survived after the Roman
collapse.

The Dark Ages has also been split into three books,
mainly for ease of reading; the original book published in 1893 was a
massive tome that covered the period from 476 CE to 918 CE. This first
book in the new edition covers the period from 476 CE to 603 CE:

ODOACER AND THEODORIC 476-493
THEODORIC KING OF ITALY 493-526
THE EMPERORS AT CONSTANTINOPLE 476-527
CLOVIS I AND THE FRANKS IN GAUL 481-511
JUSTINIAN AND HIS WARS 528-540
JUSTINIAN 540-565 CE
THE EARLIER FRANKISH KINGS 511-561
THE VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN 531-603

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