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Tables of Contents for Mohammed and Charlemagne
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
9
4
Note
13
4
Part One WESTERN EUROPE BEFORE ISLAM
The Continuation of the Mediterranean Civilization in the West After the Germanic Invasions
17
58
``Romania'' before the Germans
The Invasions
The Germans in ``Romania''
The Germanic States in the West
Justinian (527--565)
The Economic and Social Situation After the Invasions and the Mediterranean Navigation
75
43
Personal Property and the Soil
Navigation in the East. Syrians and Jews
Inland Commerce
Money and the Monetary Circulation
Intellectual Life After the Invasions
118
29
The Tradition of Antiquity
The Church
Art
The Secular Character of Society
Conclusion
140
7
Part Two ISLAM AND THE CAROLINGIANS
The Expansion of Islam in the Mediterranean Basin
147
39
The Islamic Invasion
The closing of the Western Mediterranean
Venice and Byzantium
The Carolingian Coup D'Etat and the Volte-Face of the Papacy
186
50
The Merovingian Decadence
The Carolingian Mayors of the Palace
Italy, the Pope, and Byzantium. The volte-face of the Papacy
The New Empire
The Beginnings of the Middle Ages
236
51
Economic and Social Organization
Political Organization
Intellectual Civilization
Conclusion
284
3
Index
287