The New Cambridge Medieval History Book

Introduction: the History of Europe 500-700 Paul Fouracre:

1. The later Roman Empire Richard Gerberding;
2. The barbarian invasions Guy Halsall;
3. The sources and their interpretation Guy Halsall;

Part I. The Sixth Century:
4. The eastern empire in the sixth century Andrew Louth;
5. The Byzantines in the West in the sixth century John Moorhead;
6. Ostrogothic Italy and the Lombard invasions John Moorhead;
7. The formation of the Sueve and Visigothic kingdoms in Spain A. Barbero and M. I. Loring;
8. Merovingian Gaul and the Frankish Conquests Raymond Van Dam;
9. The Celtic kingdoms Wendy Davies;
10. The earliest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Helena Hamerow;

Part II. The Seventh Century:
11. The Byzantine empire in the seventh century Andrew Louth;
12. Muhammad and the rise of Islam Carole Hillenbrand;
13. The Catholic Visigothic Kingdom A. Barbero and M. I. Loring;
14. Francia in the seventh century Paul Fouracre;
15. Religion and society in Ireland Clare Stancliffe;
16. Christianity amongst the Britons, Dálriadan Irish and Picts Clare Stancliffe;
17. England in the seventh century Alan Thacker;
18. Scandinavia (c. 500-700 AD) Lotte Hedeager;
19. The Slavs 500-700 AD Zbigniew Kobylinski;

Part III: Themes and Problems:
20. The Jews in Europe, 500-1050 Michael Toch;
21. Kings and kingship Patrick Wormald;
22. The Mediterranean economy Simon Loseby;
23. The Northern seas (fifth to eighth centuries) Stéphane Lebecq;
24. Money and coinage Mark Blackburn;
25. Church structure and organisation Georg Scheibelreiter;
26. Christianisation and thedissemination of Christian teaching Ian Wood;
27. Education and learning (500-700) Jacques Fontaine; 28a. Art and architecture of western Europe, 500-7000 Ian Wood; 28b. Art and architecture, 500-700: the East Leslie Brubaker.