The Close of the Middle Ages _In Eight Volumes. Crown 8vo. With Maps, etc._ _Six Shillings net each Volume._ _The Complete Set £2, 8s. net._ PERIODS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY General Editor—ARTHUR HASSALL, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. The object of this series is to present in separate Volumes a comprehensive and trustworthy account of the general development of European History, and to deal fully and carefully with the more prominent events in each century. The Volumes embody the results of the latest investigations, and contain references to and notes upon original and other sources of information. No such attempt to place the History of Europe in a comprehensive, detailed, and readable form before the English Public has previously been made, and the Series forms a valuable continuous History of Mediæval and Modern Europe. =Period I.—The Dark Ages.= 476-918. By C. W. C. OMAN, M.A., Chichele Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. _6s. net._ =Period II.—The Empire and the Papacy.= 918-1273. By T. F. TOUT, M.A., Professor of Mediæval and Modern History at the Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester. _6s. net._ =Period III.—The Close of the Middle Ages.= 1272-1494. By R. LODGE, M.A., Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh. _6s. net._ =Period IV.—Europe in the 16th Century.= 1494-1598. By A. H. JOHNSON, M.A., Historical Lecturer to Merton, Trinity, and University Colleges, Oxford. _6s. net._ =Period V.—The Ascendancy of France.= 1598-1715. By H. O. WAKEMAN, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. _6s. net._ =Period VI.—The Balance of Power.= 1715-1789. By A. HASSALL, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. _6s. net._ =Period VII.—Revolutionary Europe.= 1789-1815. By H. MORSE STEPHENS, M.A., Professor of History at Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A. _6s. net._ =Period VIII—Modern Europe.= 1815-1899. By W. ALISON PHILLIPS, M.A., formerly Senior Scholar of St. John’s College, Oxford. _6s. net._ THE DARK AGES, 476-918 By C. W. C. OMAN, M.A., Chichele Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. Forming Volume I. of PERIODS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. ‘A thorough master of his subject, and possessed of a gift for clear expositions, he has supplied the student with a most valuable and helpful book.’—_Spectator._ ‘No better exponent of this era, so full of difficulties and complications, could have been chosen.’—_Journal of Education._ ‘Mr. Oman has done his work well. His narrative is clear and interesting, and takes full account of recent research.’—_English Historical Review._ ‘This volume will be valued by all historical students as supplying a real want in our historical literature, and supplying it well.... His touch is sure and his insight keen. For the accuracy of his facts his historical reputation is a sufficient guarantee.’—_Times._