Wickham C. The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000

New York: Penguin Books, 2009. — 749 p.The Roman Empire and its Break-up, 400–550The Weight of Empire
Culture and Belief in the Christian Roman World
Crisis and Continuity, 400–550The Post-Roman West, 550–750Merovingian Gaul and Germany, 500–751
The West Mediterranean Kingdoms: Spain and Italy, 550–750
Kings without States: Britain and Ireland, 400–800
Post-Roman Attitudes: Culture, Belief and Political Etiquette, 550–750
Wealth, Exchange and Peasant Society
The Power of the Visual: Material Culture and Display from Imperial
Rome to the CarolingiansThe Empires of the East, 550–1000Byzantine Survival, 550–850
The Crystallization of Arab Political Power, 630–750
Byzantine Revival, 850–1000
From ‘Abbasid Baghdad to Umayyad Córdoba, 750–1000
The State and the Economy: Eastern Mediterranean Exchange Networks, 600–1000The Carolingian and Post-Carolingian West, 750–1000The Carolingian Century, 751–887
Intellectuals and Politics
The Tenth-century Successor States
‘Carolingian’ England, 800–1000
Outer Europe
Aristocrats between the Carolingian and the ‘Feudal’ Worlds
The Caging of the Peasantry, 800–1000
Conclusion: Trends in European History, 400–1000
Notes and Bibliographic Guides
Index of Names and Places