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 Readings in European History B. Addi- tional read- ing in English. English ver- sions of the C. Materials for advanced study. The Salic Law : HENDERSON, Historical Documents of the Middle Ages, pp. 176-189. Formulae for Trials and Ordeals : HENDERSON, Historical Documents, pp. 314-319; Translations and Reprints, Vol. IV, No. 4, pp. 3-22. HODGKIN, Italy and her Invaders, 8 vols. The fullest and most scholarly treatment in English, with many valuable extracts from sources. Dynasty of Theodosius and Theodoric the Goth. Two useful books by the same author, giving in brief form some of the results reached in his larger work. VILLARI, The Barbarian Invasions of Italy, 2 vols. An animated and graphic narrative of events down to Charlemagne, with extracts from the sources, intended to interest the general reader. GREGOROVIUS, History of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vols. I and II. An able discussion of the period, particularly as regards the city of Rome. BURY, History of the Later Roman Empire, 2 vols. The best sur- vey of conditions in the Empire, especially in the East. McCABE, St. Augustine, His Life and Times. An attractive and sympathetic sketch of the great church father and his contempo- raries. AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS, History of Rome^ translated by Yonge (Bohn Library). ST. AUGUSTINE, The City of God. Examples of the charming letters of Apollinaris Sidonius are given by Hodgkin, Vol. II, pp. 304-373 (see below, pp. 58 sqq.). The Letters of Cassiodorusp translated by Hodgkin, London, 1886. WIETERSHEIM, Geschichte der Volkerwanderung, 2 vols., Leipzig, n. d. (1880?). This second edition has been completely recast and revised by Felix Dahn, who has devoted his life to this field of history. Volume I deals with the Romans and barbarians before. the coming of the Huns. The second volume, which takes up the invasions of the Goths, Franks, etc., with its critical notes and exhaustive bibliography, is certainly the best guide to the period for the advanced student. DAHN'S own voluminous Urgeschichte der germanischen nnd romani- schen Volker, 4 vols., 1881-1889 (Oncken's series), covering the early his- tory of the Germans and their movements to the death of Charlemagne, is in general parallel to Hodgkin. It is supplied with illustrations and maps. 1 See below, section C. 2 See below, section C.