READINGS IN

EUROPEAN HISTORY

VOLUME I

READINGS IN

EUROPEAN HISTORY

A collection of extracts from the sources chosen with
the purpose of illustrating the progress of
culture in Western Europe since

the German Invasions

BY

JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

VOLUME I

FROM THE BREAKING UP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

TO THE PROTESTANT REVOLT

To E. P. C. AND D. C. M.

ONCE MY COLLEAGUES AND EVER MY STAUNCH FRIENDS AND FAITHFUL FELLOW-WORKERS, THIS VOL

UME IS FITTINGLY DEDICATED