The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918, credited to John Howard Bertram Masterman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 by John Howard Bertram Masterman. Read in English by Pamela Nagami This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The author writes of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who sought to impose order on a shattered Italy, of the rise of the Franks under Clovis, and of the resurgence of the Eastern Empire under Justinian and his general, Belisarius. At the close of the book, Charlemagne's descendants are wrangling for power among themselves, while, writes Masterman, from "the north came the Norsemen, ravaging and plundering along every river valley which their long ships could sail; from the south came the Saracens, the pirates of the Mediterranean, and ... a foe more fierce and implacable still appeared on the eastern frontier in the Magyars or Hungarians." - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918
• Author credits: John Howard Bertram Masterman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:48:06

Catalogue topics

• Charlemagne
• Franks
• Islam
• clovis
• theodoric
• benedict of nursia
• columban
• lombards

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Ch. 1: Introduction — 12:53
2. 02 - Ch. 2: The Empire in 476 — 13:05
3. 03 - Ch. 3: The Rise of Theodoric — 13:34
4. 04 - Ch. 4: The Gothic Kingdom in Italy — 26:29
5. 05 - Ch. 5: The Rise of the Franks — 23:04
6. 06 - Ch. 6: Justinian — 20:12
7. 07 - Ch. 7: Benedict of Nursia and Columban — 13:17
8. 08 - Ch. 8: The Rise of Mohammedanism — 15:22
9. 09 - Ch. 9: The Lombards in Italy and the Rise of the Papacy — 22:11
10. 10 - Ch. 10: The Mayors of the Palace — 13:41
11. 11 - Ch. 11: Charles Martel — 15:37
12. 12 - Ch. 12: Pippin, King of the Franks — 12:24
13. 13 - Ch. 13: The Pope, the Lombards and the Franks — 22:21
14. 14 - Ch. 14: The Iconoclastic Emperors — 20:37
15. 15 - Ch. 15: Charles the Great and the Lombard Kingdom — 13:53
16. 16 - Ch. 16: The Saxon Wars — 10:32
17. 17 - Ch. 17: Charles, King of the Franks — 20:38
18. 18 - Ch. 18: Carolus Imperator — 21:32
19. 19 - Ch. 19: Law and Administration in the Empire — 11:07
20. 20 - Ch. 20: Alcuin and the Revival of Learning. John Scotus — 16:59
21. 21 - Ch. 21: The Charlemagne of Romance — 6:58
22. 22 - Ch. 22: The Reign of Louis the Pious — 12:54
23. 23 - Ch. 23: The Break-up of the Carolingian Empire — 23:18
24. 24 - Ch. 24: The Norsemen, the Saracens and the Magyars — 18:17

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