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The Roman Empire divided, 400-700 / John Moorhead.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moorhead, John, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Rome--History--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
- Italy--History--476-774.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 326 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1 The Empire 6
- Frontiers 10
- Barbarians 13
- Non-Romans 16
- Names and clothing 21
- Roman society 24
- Religion 30
- 2 The western Mediterranean till the mid-sixth century 35
- Italy 35
- Africa 49
- Spain 60
- 3 From Gaul to France 66
- Newcomers and the old establishment 68
- Clovis 73
- The sixth century 76
- Franks and indigenes 78
- Centre and peripheries 82
- Control of resources 86
- The north 89
- Changes in Latin 93
- 4 From Britain to England 95
- Roman Britain 96
- Newcomers 99
- Indigenes 103
- Newcomers and indigenes 104
- Frankish influence 109
- Scandinavian influence 111
- Irish influence 113
- Mediterranean influence 115
- Monarchy 120
- Old and new 122
- 5 The western Mediterranean post-Justinian 125
- Byzantium and the West 125
- Africa 127
- Italy 133
- Spain 148
- 6 South of the Danube 156
- The fifth century 159
- The loss of Noricum 161
- Justinian 163
- Slavs and Avars 167
- The seventh century 172
- Thessaloniki 177
- The Empire fights back 179
- Bulgars 182
- 7 The East to 661 186
- A city and its empire 186
- The Arabs 194
- Muhammad 198
- Persians and Jews 201
- Preparation for expansion 206
- Expansion begins 208
- The initial impact of the Arabs 212
- 8 The East from 661 217
- The new regime 217
- Expansion to the west 219
- Continuities 224
- Discontinuities 225
- Buildings 227
- Iconoclasm 233
- The balance of power 234
- Co-existence and apocalypse 237
- Structural change 241
- 9 Systems great and small 248
- The Pirenne thesis I 248
- World systems 256
- The Pirenne thesis II 261
- The Mediterranean 263
- The west looks back 266
- Retrospect and prospect 268.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0582251117
- OCLC:
- 47623815
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