vsa CONTENTS, CHAPTER V GOVERNMENT OF THE BARBARIAN KINGS . . » 47~62 Restoration of the Imperial Regime under Theo- doric, 47—Government of the Merovingians, 48— Weakness of the Merovingians, 49—The Barbarian Laws, 50—The Carolingians, 52—Charles the Emperor of the West, 53—Government of the Counts, 55 —The Clergy in the Government, 56—The Army, 57 —Legislation, 58—Letters aad Schools, 59—End of Ancient Civilization, 61. CHAPTER VI THE FEUDAL SYSTEM......63-85 The New Classes, 63—The Knights, 63—The Lords, 64—-Homage and Fealty, 65—The Clergy, 67— The Villeins, 67—Condition of the Villeins, 68— Wars, 71—Donjons and Castles, 73—Chivalry, 75— Manners of the KnightvS, 77—Honor, 78—Independ- ence of the Proprietors, 79—-The King, 80—The Custom, 81—Peace and Justice, 82—The Duel, 83— The Judgment of God, 84. CHAPTER VII THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES .... 86-109 The Dioceses, 86—The Chapters, 86—The Abbeys, 87—The Parish, 88—Excommunication, 89—Con- fusion of Power, 90—The Spirit of the Century, 91— The New Monastic Orders, 92—The Greek Schism, 95 —•The Heresies, 97—The Inquisition, 98—The Mendi- cant Monks, 99—The Jurisdiction of the Church, 102—The Papacy, 104—Dispute about Investitures, 105—Rivalry of Pope and Emperor, 106—Supremacy of the Pope, 108. CHAPTER VIII ORIENTAL CIVILIZATION IN THE WEST . 110-119 Superiority of the Peoples of the Orient, no—The Crusades, in—Character of the Crusades in__ Commerce, 115—Introduction of Oriental Civilization unto the Occident, 117—Influence of the Orient on 118*