{"product_id":"the-barbarian-west-400-1000-isbn-9780631202929","title":"The Barbarian West 400 - 1000","description":"In the fourth century the Roman Empire was under threat. The Barbarians were becoming a powerful force in Europe, and the Huns, the most savage of these tribesmen, were sweeping south towards the imperial frontiers. At the same time the Empire faced growing internal social and economic problems: plague and war had diminished the agricultural population and productivity was falling; the army was under increasing strain in defending the extensive boundaries. Christianity, too, continued to prove an unsettling influence - accepted and established in Constantinople, but not in Rome.  \u003cp\u003eIn this perceptive and stimulating book, Professor Wallace-Hadrill traces the development of Western Europe from the dissolution of the late Roman Empire to the emergence, in the tenth century, of the individual states of medieval Europe. Now in its fourth edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Barbarian West\u003c\/i\u003e contains a fully revised and up-to-date bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introductory 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Mare Nostrum 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Italy and the Lombards 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Franks (1) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Franks (2) 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Spain and the Visigoths 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Imperium Christianum 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Revised Bibliography by \u003ci\u003eRoger Collins\u003c\/i\u003e 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope at the accession of Justinian 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Western Empire 843 A. D. 113\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e'The author is to be congratulated on a suggestive and valuable essay.'\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shows thought and enterprise and freshness of judgement.'\u003c\/b\u003e --Times \u003ci\u003eLiterary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Wallace-Hadrill,\u003c\/b\u003e formerly Chichele Professor of Modern History, was Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College and Honorary Fellow of Merton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.  In the fourth century the Roman Empire was under threat. The Barbarians were becoming a powerful force in Europe, and the Huns, the most savage of these tribesmen, were sweeping south towards the imperial frontiers. At the same time the Empire faced growing internal social and economic problems: plague and war had diminished the agricultural population and productivity was falling; the army was under increasing strain in defending the extensive boundaries. Christianity, too, continued to prove an unsettling influence - accepted and established in Constantinople, but not in Rome.  \u003cp\u003eIn this perceptive and stimulating book, Professor Wallace-Hadrill traces the development of Western Europe from the dissolution of the late Roman Empire to the emergence, in the tenth century, of the individual states of medieval Europe. Now in its fourth edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Barbarian West\u003c\/i\u003e contains a fully revised and up-to-date bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990165078245,"sku":"NP9780631202929","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631202929.jpg?v=1761786752","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-barbarian-west-400-1000-isbn-9780631202929","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}