Early medieval Europe 300-1050 : the birth of western society

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Early medieval Europe 300-1050 : the birth of western society

David Rollason

Pearson Education, c2012

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Early Medieval Europe 300-1050 is a broad-brush survey of Western Europe from the period of the late Roman Empire (4th-5th centuries) through the period of the dissolution of that empire, the emergence of the barbarian kingdoms which succeeded it, and their consolidation under the Carolingian and Ottonian rulers on the Continent and the West Saxon and Danish kings in England, to the early 11th century, with the nascent kingdoms of France, Germany, and England. The book focuses on the big historical questions which the period raises, the sources for it and the ways in which historians have worked with them, and the competing approaches to the questions and interpretations which historians have developed.

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Contents Part I: Introduction 1. Why study this period? Part II: The End of the Roman Empire in the West 2. From Roman Empire to Barbarian Kingdoms: Cataclysm or Transition? 3. The Making of Peoples: Invasions or Identity-Change? Part III: The Rise of European Kingship 4. The Rise of European States 5. The Barbarian Roots of Kingship 6. Kings and Emperors 7. The Christian Shaping of Kingship 8. The Mechanisms of Power Part IV: The Economic Foundation 9. The Nature of Exchange: Trade, Plunder and Gift Giving 10. Cultivating the Land: The Basis of European Society 11. The Origins of European Towns and Town Life Part V: Christianity and the Role of the Church 12. The Processes of Conversion to Christianity 13. Popes and Bishops: The Most Powerful Men in Europe 14. Monks and Monastries: Power in this Life or after it? Part VI: Conclusion 15. The Birth of Western Society?

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