| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 402 pages) |
| Contents |
Why study this period? -- From Roman Empire to barbarian kingdoms: cataclysm or transition? -- The dismemberment and survival of the Byzantine Empire -- The Arab conquests -- The making of peoples -- Pagan, Roman, and Christian beliefs about rulers: ideological power -- Edicts, taxes, and armies: bureaucratic power -- Kings, warriors, and women: personal power -- Trade as a driving force? -- Cultivating the land: the basis of European society? -- Towns and cities: the functions of urban life -- Conversion to Christianity -- The success of monasticism -- The power of bishops and popes |
| Summary |
Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period. Throughout the book, major research questions and historiographical debates are identified and guidance is given on how to engage with and evaluate key documentary sources as well as artistic and archaeological evidence. The book's aim is to engender confidence in creative and independent historical thought. This second edition has been fully revised and expanded and now includes coverage of both Islamic and Byzantine history, surveying and critically examining the often radically different scholarly interpretations relating to them. Also new to this edition is an extensively updated and closely integrated companion website, which has been carefully designed to provide practical guidance to teachers and students, offering a wealth of reference materials and aids to mastering the period, and lighting the way for further exploration of written and non-written sources.? Accessibly written and containing over 70 carefully selected maps and images, Early Medieval Europe 300-1050 is an essential resource for students studying this period for the first time, as well as an invaluable aid to university teachers devising and delivering courses and modules on the period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Middle Ages -- Study and teaching
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Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching
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Middle Ages -- Study and teaching
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Education
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- To 476 -- Study and teaching
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Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Study and teaching
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351173025 |
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1351173022 |
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1138936863 |
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9781138936867 |
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1138936871 |
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9781138936874 |
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9781351173032 |
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1351173030 |
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9781351173018 |
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1351173014 |
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9781351173049 |
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1351173049 |
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