Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells.
Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells.
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New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N940.12/5
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English
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Physical content
xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
1. Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: What Happened? -- 2. The Decline of the Roman Empire -- 3. The Peoples of Europe -- 4. Childeric and Other Early Dark Age Kings -- 5. What Happened to the Roman Cities? -- 6. Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic: Continuity and Change (A.D. 43-800) -- 7. New C...
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Publisher
New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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"The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it. For the next four centuries, the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only constants of life. This is the picture of the Dark Ages that most historians promote. But recent archaeol...
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Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N940.12/5
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74VMbqp8przd
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9780393060751 (hbk.) :
0393060756 (hbk.) :
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940.12
MMS ID
991000697989702626
