Contents

1. Words and peoples

2. The barbarians of the forests

3. The migrations of the barbarians

4. The Steppe Barbarians

5. The invasion of the West

6. The settlement of the barbarians: the Dark Ages

7. The end of Roman Hispania

8. Irish monasticism

9. The Visigoths arrive in Hispania

10. Christianity in Hispania

11. The end of the Visigothic kingdom and the origin of al-Andalus

12. Byzantium: the Rome of the East

13. Muhammad: Prophet of Allah

14. The conquests of the Arabs

15. The Civilization of Islam

16. Charlemagne and his new Roman Empire

17. The Normans

18. The defense of the West

19. The Christian Kingdoms of Europe