Barbarians to angels : the Dark Ages reconsidered / Peter S. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Peter S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Ages.

Civilization, Medieval.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]

Contents:

1 Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: What Happened? 3

2 The Decline of the Roman Empire 13

3 The Peoples of Europe 28

4 Childeric and Other Early Dark Age Kings 47

5 What Happened to the Roman Cities? 70

6 Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic: Continuity and Change (A.D. 43-800) 88

7 New Centers in the North 121

8 The Revolution in the Countryside 130

9 Crafting Tools and Ornaments for the New Societies 142

10 Royal Exchange and Everyday Trade 153

11 Spread of the New Religion 170

12 Arts, Scholarship, and Education 186

13 Charlemagne's Elephant and the History of Europe 199

Appendix Selected Museum Collections 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.

ISBN:

9780393060751

0393060756

OCLC:

181139419