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360 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, plans, plates (some color) ; 36 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction. The myth of the 'Dark Ages' / David Talbot Rice -- Beyond the frontiers of Rome: the rise and fall of Sasanian Iran / David Oates -- The empire of the Prophet: Islam and the tide of Arab conquest / R.H. Pinder-Wilson -- Between West and East: Armenia and its divided history / Sirarpie der Nersessian -- The heir of Rome: Byzantium frm Justinian to Theophilus / Cyril Mango -- The Christian citadel: The Byzantine world of the ninth and tenth centuries / J.M. Hussey -- The crucible of peoples: Eastern Europe and the rise of the Slavs / Tamara Talbot Rice -- Germanic Italy: the Ostrogothic and Lombard kingdoms / Donald Bullough -- 'The ends of the Earth': Spain under the Visigoths and Moors / William Culican -- Prelude to empire: The Frankish kingdom from the Merovingians to Pepin / Peter Lasko -- From the vigorous North: the Norsemen and their forerunners / David M. Wilson -- The coveted isles: Celtic Britain and the Anglo-Saxons / Charles Thomas -- The great king: Charlemagne and the Carolingian achievement / Philip Grierson -- After Charlemagne: The empire under the Ottomans / Donald Bullough -- The concept of Christendom: Medieval Europe takes shape / Denys Hay -- Chronological chart -- Select bibliography -- List and sources of illustrations -- Index. |
Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Europe -- History -- 392-814.
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Art, Medieval.
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Middle Ages.
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Art, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00816576
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Civilization, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00863049
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Middle Ages. (OCoLC)fst01020301
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Rice, David Talbot, 1903-1972. Editor.
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Oates, David, 1927-2004.
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Pinder-Wilson, Ralph H.
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Der Nersessian, Sirarpie, 1896-1989.
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Mango, Cyril A.
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Hussey, J. M. (Joan Mervyn)
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Rice, Tamara Talbot.
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Bullough, Donald A.
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Culican, William.
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Lasko, Peter.
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Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931-
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Thomas, Charles, 1928-
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Grierson, Philip.
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Hay, Denys.
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Dark Ages |
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