Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300-900 The Sword, the Plough and the Book

Name: Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300-900 The Sword, the Plough and the Book
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ISBN: 9780415215060

ISBN-10: 0415215064

ISBN-13: 9780415215060

Edition: 2007

Authors: Matthew Innes

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This comprehensive survey synthesises a quarter of a century of pathbreaking research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. Matthew Innes combines an account of the historical background of the period with discussion of the social, economic, cultural and political structures within it.

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/14/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.92" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English

Matthew Innes is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London.



Preface and acknowledgements


Introduction: Rome, the Barbarians and the Fate of Western Europe



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'



The End of the Ancient Mediterranean



The Western Mediterranean in the Age of 'Reconquest'



Arabs, Avars and Amphoras: Causes and Consequences of Imperial Collapse



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



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


Index