I. The New Community of Peoples

1. The Great Migrations
2. Germanic Society
3. Germans and Romans

II. The New Political Structures

1. The Early Byzantine Empire
2. Justinian the Great
3. The Frankish Kingdom
4. Kingship in Italy and Spain
5. Anglo-Saxon England

III. The New Economy, 500--900

1. Agriculture
2. Trade and Manufacture

IV. The Expansion of the Church

1. Origins of the Papacy
2. Monasticism
3. Missionaries and Popular Religion

V. The Church and Classical Learning