Introduction to early medieval Western Europe, 300-900

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Introduction to early medieval Western Europe, 300-900

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Rome, the barbarians, and the fate of western Europe
Pt. I. The transformation of the Roman west. A new Roman order: state, church and society in the late empire ; Barbarians, the Roman frontier and the crisis of the western empire ; The fifth century west and the 'fall of Rome'
Pt. II. The end of the ancient Mediterranean. The western Mediterranean in the age of 'reconquest' ; Arabs, Avars and amphoras: causes and consequences of imperial collapse
Pt. III. Kingdoms and communities in the post-Roman west. Hispania and Italy: contrasting communities ; Gaul and Germany: the Merovingian world ; Britain and Ireland: kings and peoples
Pt. IV. The Carolingian moment: western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries. 'The invincible race of the Franks': conquest, Christianisation and Carolingian kingship ; 'Peace unity and concord among the Christian people': Carolingian order and its architects ; Paradoxes of empire: western Europe in the ninth century.
Epilogue: The sword, the plough and the book.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
940.12
Library of Congress
D121 .I56 2007

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xvi, 552 p. :
Number of pages
552

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OL23862970M
ISBN 10
0415215064, 0415215072, 0203644913
ISBN 13
9780415215060, 9780415215077, 9780203644911
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2009286104

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