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Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered
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Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells.
ISBN
9780393335392 (pbk.)
0393335399 (pbk.)
Published
New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2009, c2008.
Physical Description
xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Notes
Originally published: 2008.
Summary
Peter Wells, one of the world's leading archaeologists, surveys the archaeological record to demonstrate that the Dark Ages were not dark at all. The kingdoms of Christendom that emerged starting in the ninth century sprang from a robust, previously little-known European culture, albeit one that left behind few written texts. --from publisher description
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 29, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (205-215) and index.
Contents
Between antiquity and the Middle Ages: what happened?
ThHe 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 country side
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.
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