| ## CHAPTER 2:THE CHURCH AND THE DISRUPTION OF THE IMPERIAL UNITY, 395-537 |

| ### Index |

| #### 1. THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE FOURTH CENTURY: DIOCLETIAN TO THEODOSIUS, 284-395 #### 2. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES DURING THE FIFTH CENTURY, 395-526 #### 3. THE CHURCHES OF THE WEST DURING THE CRISIS SPAIN, AFRICA, GAUL #### 4. THE ROMAN SEE AND ITALY #### 5. ST. PATRICK AND THE CONVERSION OF THE IRISH #### 6. ST. BENEDICT AND THE HOLY RULE |