Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction. The End of the West Roman Empire: From Decline and Fall to Transformation of the Roman World 1
5. Chapter 1. Gibbon’s Secondary Causes: “The Disorders of Military Despotism” and “the Division of Monarchy” 15
6. Chapter 2. Barbarism: “The Invasion and Settlements of the Barbarians of Germany and Scythia” 21
7. Chapter 3. Religion and the Transformation of the Roman World 31
8. Chapter 4. Religion: “The Rise, Establishment, and Sects of Christianity” 37
9. Chapter 5. Religious Reaction to the Fall of Rome 43
10. Chapter 6. Doctrinal Division 47
11. Chapter 7. The Impact of Christianity: A Quantitative Approach 57
12. Chapter 8. Clerics, Soldiers, Bureaucrats 79
13. Chapter 9. Ecclesiastical Endowment 91
14. Chapter 10. Beyond Gibbon and Rostovtzeff 109
15. Appendix. Clerical Ordinations 125
16. Further Reading 133
17. Bibliography 139