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.

The Dark
Ages has 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 second book in the new edition covers
the period from 561 CE to 743 CE:

THE SUCCESSORS OF JUSTINIAN 565-610
DECLINE AND DECAY OF THE MEROVINGIANS 561-656
THE LOMBARDS IN ITALY, AND THE RISE OF THE PAPACY 568-653
HERACLIUS AND MOHAMMED 610-641
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE VISIGOTHS A.D. 603-711
THE CONTEST OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE AND THE CALIPHATE 641-717
THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT MAYORS OF THE PALACE 656-720
THE LOMBARDS AND THE PAPACY 653-743
CHARLES MARTEL AND HIS WARS 720-741

The Dark Ages - Book II of III

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