Empires and Barbarians : the Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
Here is a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the undeveloped barbarian world and the sophisticated Roman Empire--into remarkably similar societies and states. The book's vivid narrative begins at the time of Christ, when the Mediterranean circle, newly united under the Romans, hosted a politically sophisticated, economically advanced, and culturally developed civilization--one wi
History
1 online resource (753 pages)
9780199741632, 9780199752720, 0199741638, 0199752729
958575009
Intro; Contents; Preface; PROLOGUE; 1. MIGRANTS AND BARBARIANS; 2. GLOBALIZATION AND THE GERMANI; 3. ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME?; 4. MIGRATION AND FRONTIER COLLAPSE; 5. HUNS ON THE RUN; 6. FRANKS AND ANGLO-SAXONS: ELITE TRANSFER OR VÖLKERWANDERUNG?; 7. A NEW EUROPE; 8. THE CREATION OF SLAVIC EUROPE; 9. VIKING DIASPORAS; 10. THE FIRST EUROPEAN UNION; 11. THE END OF MIGRATION AND THE BIRTH OF EUROPE; MAPS; NOTES; PRIMARY SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z