FROM THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS TO THE ATTAINMENT OF UNITY Contents include: ITALY IN THE CENTURY PRECEDING THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS [284-395] THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS [395-476] THE KINGDOM OF THEODORIC [476-553] THE LOMBARDS, THE POPES, AND THE FRANKS [553-800] THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES [800-1002] THE NORMANS IN SOUTHERN ITALY; HENRY IV. AND HILDEBRAND [1002-1085] THE RISE OF THE CITIES, AND THEIR CONFLICT WITH FREDERICK BARBAROSSA [1100-1183] VENICE, GENOA, AND PISA, TO THE END OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY ITALY AND THE HOUSE OF HOHENSTAUFEN [1185-1250] FROM THE FALL OF THE HOHENSTAUFEN TO THE "BABY- LONISH CAPTIVITY" OF THE PAPACY [1250-1305] THE RISE OF THE TYRANNIES: THE RISE OF FLORENCE [1250-1313] ROME AND THE PAPACY DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY [1305-1389] NORTHERN ITALY DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY [1313-1405] THE AGE OF THE COUNCILS: THE RISE OF MEDICI AND SFORZA [1389-1450] THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE FIVE GREAT STATES OF ITALY [1450-1478] ITALIAN STATECRAFT AND THE INVASION OF CHARLES VIII [1478-1495] FROM THE RETREAT OF CHARLES VIII. TO THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF NAPLES [1495-1503] THE PONTIFICATE OF JULIUS II. [1503-1513] LEO X. AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LOMBARDY: THE BATTLE OF PAVIA [1513-1525] THE SACK OF ROME -- THE PACIFICATION AND ENSLAVEMENT OF ITALY -- THE SIEGE AND FALL OF FLORENCE [1525-1530] ITALY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY THE GLORY AND DECLINE OF VENICE THE SPANISH PROVINCES OF ITALY: THE POPES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THE EVOLUTION OF SAVOY: THE POLITICAL CHANGES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY NAPOLEON'S FIRST CONQUEST OF ITALY [1792-1799] THE NAPOLEONIC ERA IN ITALY [1800-1851] THE YEARS OF REACTION AND REPRESSION [1815-1846] THE YEARS OF REVOLUTION [1846-1849] CAVOUR AND THE MAKING OF ITALY [1849-1860] THE COMPLETION OF ITALIAN UNITY [1860-1870] EPILOGUE