Excerpt from History of the Middle Ages With the death of Theodosius the Great in 395 begins the history of the Middle Ages. It is so called because it is a narration of the events which ended in the overthrow Of the ancient civilized or Roman world, and laid the foundation of the princi pal states Of modern times. Thus all agree in look ing upon the Middle Ages as a period of transition, during which was brought about the union of three societies, the Roman Empire, the barbarian world, and the Church, that at the death Of Theodosius stood in Opposition to each other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.