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The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000
Chris Wickham
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Description for The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000
Paperback. The world known as the 'Dark Ages', often seen as a time of barbarism, was in fact the crucible in which modern Europe would be created. This book shows how this period, encompassing peoples such as Goths, Franks, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, was central to the development of our history and culture. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
'The Penguin History of Europe series ... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects' New Statesman
The world known as the 'Dark Ages', often seen as a time of barbarism, was in fact the crucible in which modern Europe would be created.
Chris Wickham's acclaimed history shows how this period, encompassing peoples such as Goths, Franks, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, was central to the development of our history and culture. From the collapse of the Roman Empire to the establishment of new European states, and from Ireland to Constantinople, the Baltic to the Mediterranean, this landmark ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140290141
SKU
9780140290141
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About Chris Wickham
Chris Wickham is Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. His book Framing the Middle Ages, which was published in 2005, won the Wolfson Prize, the Deutscher Memorial Prize and the James Henry Breasted Prize of the American Historical Association. He taught for many years at the University of Birmingham ... Read more
Reviews for The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000
A work of tremendous authority and breadth. With this book, as with Charlemagne's empire, one feels that an extraordinary range of things have been brought together
Noel Malcolm
Sunday Telegraph
Intensely rewarding
Jonathan Sumption
Spectator
Almost every page is full of arresting details and insights ... and a sharp eye for a revealing anecdote, ... Read more
Noel Malcolm
Sunday Telegraph
Intensely rewarding
Jonathan Sumption
Spectator
Almost every page is full of arresting details and insights ... and a sharp eye for a revealing anecdote, ... Read more