(The) Shorter Cambridge medieval history : the later Roman empire to the twelfth century. Volume I / by C. W. Previte-Orton

THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE: -- The Roman empire under Constantine the great -- The neighbours of the empire -- The successors of Constantine, 337-395 -- The triumph and divisions of Christianity -- THE BREAKUP OF THE EMPIRE: The crumbling of the empire in the West, 395-476 -- The survival of the empire in the East -- The Barbarian kingdoms of the West -- BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM: The reign of Justinian -- Byzantium and the Avars, Slavs and Lombards -- Islam and the Arab conquests -- The Byzantine Revival -- THE DARK AGES IN THE WEST: The development of Western Church until 741 -- The Carolingian empire -- The dissolution of the Carolingian empire -- THE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN EUROPE: The foundations of the Northern kingdoms -- The holy Roman empire and France -- The reform of the Church -- THE TWELFTH CENTURY: The Mediterranean powers and the early crusades -- The holy Roman empire and the Western kingdoms -- The twelfth century Renaissance and its sequel