Traces milestones of history from Constantine's unification of the western half of the Roman Empire under his name in 312 to the fall of Constantinople in 1204.
Contents
In this sign thou shalt conquer / Robert Browning -- Mission to Ireland / Nora Chadwick -- The scourge of God / Jean Favier -- The rule of St. Benedict / David Knowles -- The flight to Medina / S. M. Stern -- Japanese Renaissance / Geoffrey Hindley -- A crown for Charlemangne / Friedrich Heer -- England for the English / Jack Lindsay -- The caliph of Cordorva's library / Stephen Clissold -- Battle at the Lechfeld / Friedrich Heer -- Voyagers west / Renee Watkins -- William the Conqueror / Richard Winston -- Humiliation at Canossa / Peter Munz -- Abelard in Paris / Regine Pernoud -- The palace of the Virgin / Yvan Christ -- The fall of Constantinople / Peter Munz.