Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered
Wells, Peter S.
Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton , c2008. - xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
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.
9780393060751
2008002501
014595746 Uk
Middle Ages
Civilization, Medieval
Europe----History----476-1492
D117 / .W45 2008
940.1 WEL
Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton , c2008. - xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
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.
9780393060751
2008002501
014595746 Uk
Middle Ages
Civilization, Medieval
Europe----History----476-1492
D117 / .W45 2008
940.1 WEL