ESSENTIALS HISTORY FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTEENTH
CENTURY BY SAMUEL BANNISTER HARDING, PH. D. PROFESSOIl OF EUROPEAN
IIIHTOKY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN CONSULTATION WITH ALBERT BUSHNELL
HART, LL. D. PRO PUS SO It OF HISTORY, 11AHVAUU LTNIVKKBITY NEW
YORK - CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY THE EMPEROR
CHARLEMAGNE. PREFACE Iisr a large number of colleges, the first
course in European history consists of a general survey of
mediaeval and modern history and with the increased acceptance by
secondary schools of the programme in history prepared by the Com
mittee of Seven of the American Historical Association, it is
becoming feasible to begin such a course with the time of
Charlemagne. Even with this limitation, however, it is still a
problem, in many institutions, how to cover in the limited time at
the disposal of the instructor the many topics which such a course
should comprise. Especially is this the case now that the best
authorities wisely enough are insisting upon a fuller and more
detailed treatment of more recent history, that included let us say
within the limits of the last century and a half. The great problem
is, then, how to com press the earlier part of the course so as to
give adequate time for the more vital things nearer our own day.
One way which has been proposed for accomplishing this is the
elimination of a great deal of what is usually taught concerning
the political history of the Middle Ages. One advocate of this
method proposes the heroic policy of skipping directly from
Charlemagne to. Otto I. The author of this book believes heartily
in the principle underlying this proposal, though he doubts the
wisdom of its literal application. By carefulselection of the facts
to be taught, and placing them in text-book form in the hands of
students, he believes that it is possible to accomplish the needful
economy of time, while sacrificing little of the continuity of the
history, or of the just MI D. quot 5 6 PREFACE apprehension of the
fundamental features of mediaeval life and institutions. It is to
meet such a need, in elementary college classes in mediaeval
history, that this book is issued in this form. It is perhaps
needless to say that it is not expected that the book will comprise
the whole of the instruction . given, even in an elementary course,
in this field. Formal and informal lec tures by the instructor,
collateral reading in the books referred to at the close of the
chapters, the use of a source book such as that prepared by Ogg or
by Ilobinson, the preparation of maps to fix geographical facts,
and of occasional essays or reports to broaden here and there the
narrow trail of classroom instruction, all these are presxipposed
as means of eqxial if not greater value than the text-book itself.
The book affords what it is hoped - will be found to be a clear,
scholarly, com pact outline, which can be filled in in various
ways. Its aim is to be accurate in substance and definite in
statement, to seize the vital and interesting facts, and as far as
possible to give that concreteness of treatment which is necessary
in deal ing with matters so remote and alien as those which fill
the history of the Middle Ages. These are the ideas which underlie
this little book, and it is hoped that its chapters may be as
successful elsewhere, as a basis for Freshman instruction in
mediaeval history, as they l ave already proved to be inIndiana
University. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. CONTENTS JPA. G L Introduction
the World in the Year 800 ..,11 EMPIRE AND PAPACY II. The Empire of
Charlemagne 768-814 . . . .82 III. The Later Carolingian Empire
814-911 and the Feudal System 45 IV. Successors of the Carolingians
in Germany and France . 63 V. The Church in the Middle Ages VI. The
Franconian Emperors, Hildebrand, and the Investi ture Conflict
1024-1125 98 AGE OF THE CRUSADES VII. The Christian and Mohammedan
East, and the First Cru sade 1096-1099 114 VIII. The Later Crusades
1099-1291 129 IX...
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