1st Edition

The Holy Roman Republic A Historic Profile of the Middle Ages

By Giorgio Falco Copyright 1964
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in English in 1964, this book threw new light on the positive value and significance of the Middle Ages. It discusses Constantine and the triumph of Christianity; the clash between the German tribes and Roman civilization at the time of Stilicho and Alaric; the confrontation between Germanic Arianism and Roman Catholicism; St. Benedict and the foundation of Western... Read more

1.The Middle Ages 2. The Christian Empire 3. The Germans – Stilicho and Alaric 4. German Arianism and Roman Catholicism – Clovis and Theodoric 5. Monastic Life in the West – St. Benedict 6. The Roman Church – St. Gregory the Great 7. The Iconoclastic Struggle – Rome and Byzantium 8. The Foundation of Europe – Charlemagne 9. Medieval Particularism – Alberic II 10. The Feudal Empire – Otto III 11. The Recovery of the Church and its Resistance to Feudalism – Gregory VII 12. The Expansion of the Catholic World – The First Crusade 13. The Last Bid for Power of the Medieval Empire – Henry VI 14. The Last Bid for Power of the Medieval Empire – Boniface VIII 15. The Crisis of the Medieval World 16. Conclusion.

Biography

Giorgio Falco (1888-1966) was an Italian historian and Professor of History at the University of Genoa.