Charles Oman

Historian Charles Oman traces the five centuries between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the coronation of Charlemagne - the barbarian kingdoms that carved up Roman territory, the survival and transformation of Christian civilization, and the slow reassembly of order out of political chaos. Written by one of the great military and medieval historians of his generation, The Dark Ages remains a clear, authoritative account of the period that shaped the map and institutions of medieval Europe.