The restoration of Rome : barbarian popes and imperial pretenders / Peter Heather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heather, Peter, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, 454?-526.

Theodoric.

Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.

Justinian.

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.

Charlemagne.

Catholic Church--History.

Catholic Church.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (789 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as ""Augustulus,"" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across much of the old empire still lived, holding on to their lands, their values, and their institutions. The conquering barbarians, responding toRome's continuing psychological dominance and the pra

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Figures; PROLOGUE; PART ONE 'A COPY OF THE ONLY EMPIRE'; 1. GENS PURPURA; 2. A PHILOSOPHER IN PURPLE; PART TWO 'THE CONQUEROR OF MANY NATIONS'; 3. 'BY THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'; 4. SAILING TO BYZANTIUM; PART THREE THE FATHER OF EUROPE; 5. CHRISTMAS DAY,; 6. 'THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD'; PART FOUR SECOND COMING; 7. CHARLES THE GREAT AND LEO THE POPE; 8. HABEMUS PAPAM: PAPAL LIFT-OFF; EPILOGUE: THE GODFATHER (PART 3); NOTES; PRIMARY SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-936852-X

0-19-936853-8