The barbarian West, 400-1000
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The barbarian West, 400-1000
B. Blackwell, 1996
Rev. ed
- : pbk
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Originally published: Oxford, UK : B. Blackwell, 1988, c1985
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In the fourth century the Roman Empire was under threat. The Barbarians were becoming a powerful force in Europe, and the Huns, the most savage of these tribesmen, were sweeping south towards the imperial frontiers. At the same time the Empire faced growing internal social and economic problems: plague and war had diminished the agricultural population and productivity was falling; the army was under increasing strain in defending the extensive boundaries. Christianity, too, continued to prove an unsettling influence - accepted and established in Constantinople, but not in Rome. In this perceptive and stimulating book, Professor Wallace-Hadrill traces the development of Western Europe from the dissolution of the late Roman Empire to the emergence, in the tenth century, of the individual states of medieval Europe. Now in its fourth edition, The Barbarian West contains a fully revised and up-to-date bibliography.
Table of Contents
Preface 7
1. Introductory 9
2. Mare Nostrum 21
3. Italy and the Lombards 43
4. The Franks (1) 64
5. The Franks (2) 87
6. Spain and the Visigoths 115
7. Imperium Christianum 140
8. Revised Bibliography by Roger Collins 164
Index 176
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Europe at the accession of Justinian 25
The Western Empire 843 A. D. 113
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