Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered
| 1. Verfasser: |
Wells, Peter S.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York ; London :
W. W. Norton,
2008.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0-393-06075-6 9780393060751 |
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Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Between antiquity and the Middle Ages: what happened?
- The decline of the Roman Empire
- The peoples of Europe
- Childeric and other early Dark Age kings
- What happened to the Roman cities?
- Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic: continuity and change (A.D. 43-800)
- New centers in the North
- The revolution in the countryside
- Crafting tools and ornaments for the new societies
- Royal exchange and everyday trade
- Spread of the new religion
- Arts, scholarship, and education
- Charlemagne's elephant and the history of Europe.
