| Description |
360 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm |
| Series |
Thames and Hudson series |
| Contents |
I. Introduction : the myth of the 'Dark Ages' -- The East -- II. Beyond the frontiers of Rome : the rise and fall of Sasanian Iran -- III. The Empire of the prophet : Islam and the tide of Arab conquest -- IV. Between West and East : Armenia and its divided history -- Byzantium -- V. The heir of Rome : Byzantium from Justinian to Theophilus -- VI. The Christian citiadel : the Byzantium world of the ninth and tenth centuries -- Migration and settlement -- VII. The crucible of people : Eastern Europe and the rise of the Slavs -- VIII. Germanic Italy : the Ostrogothic and Lombard Kingdoms -- IX. 'The ends of the Earth' : Spain under Visigoths and Moors -- X. Prelude to Empire : the Frankish Kingdom from the Merovinigians to Pepin -- XI. From the vigorous north : the Norsemen and their forerunners -- XII. The coveted isles : Celtic Britain and the Anglo-Saxons -- The new Europe -- XIII. The great king : Charlemagne and the Carolingian achievement -- XIV. After Charlemagne : the Empire under the Ottonians -- XV. The concept of Christendom : Medieval Europe take shape -- Chronological chart -- Select bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book looks at the regions that played a part in the formation of Europe, but has included a survey, not only of the Byzantine world, but also of the Sasanian Persia and early Islam, as well as of South Russia. In the opposite direction they have included chapters on the situation in Visigothic Spain and the Norse world in addition to those on Merovingian France and Lombardic Italy |
| Analysis |
Europe - Civilization - History |
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Near East. - Civilization. - History |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 346-347 |
| Subject |
Art, Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Civilization, Western.
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Middle Ages.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045637 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Europe -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045637
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Europe -- History -- 392-814. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045689
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045690
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Middle East -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090502 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Middle East -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090502
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| Author |
Oates, David, 1950-
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Rice, David Talbot, 1903-1972.
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| LC no. |
sit07000288 |
| ISBN |
0500040044 |
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