The Holy Roman Republic: A Historic Profile of the Middle Ages [Hardcover]

Originally published in English in 1964, this book threw new light on the positive value and significance of the Middle Ages. It discusses Constantine and the triumph of Christianity; the clash between the German tribes and Roman civilization at the time of Stilicho and Alaric; the confrontation between Germanic Arianism and Roman Catholicism; St. Benedict and the foundation of Western monasticism; Charlemagne and the foundation of Europe; Otto II and the feudal empire; the expansion of the Christian world and the first Crusade; the final bids for power and the final crisis of the medieval world.

1.The Middle Ages 2. The Christian Empire 3. The Germans  Stilicho and Alaric 4. German Arianism and Roman Catholicism  Clovis and Theodoric 5. Monastic Life in the West  St. Benedict 6. The Roman Church  St. Gregory the Great 7. The Iconoclastic Struggle  Rome and Byzantium 8. The Foundation of Europe  Charlemagne 9. Medieval Particularism  Alberic II 10. The Feudal Empire  Otto III 11. The Recovery of the Church and its Resistance to Feudalism  Gregory VII 12. The Expansion of the Catholic World  The First Crusade 13. The Last Bid for Power of the Medieval Empire  Henry VI 14. The Last Bid for Power of the Medieval Empire  Boniface VIII 15. The Crisis of the Medieval World 16. Conclusion.

Originally published in English in 1964, this book threw new light on the positive value and significance of the Middle Ages. It discusses Constantine and the triumph of Christianity; the clash between the German tribes and Roman civilization; the final bids for power and the final crisis of the medieval world.

Giorgio Falco (1888-1966) was an Italian historian and Professor of History at the University of Genoa.?