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This book examines a pivotal period in ancient human history: the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of a new European civilization in the early Middle Ages.
The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne addresses the social and material culture of this critical period in the evolution of Western society, covering the social, political, cultural, and religious history of the Mediterranean world and northern Europe.
The two-volume set explains how invading and migrating barbarian tribes—spurred by raiding Huns from the steppes of Central Asia—contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and documents how the blending of Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures birthed a new civilization in Western Europe, creating the Christian Church and the modern nation-state. A-Z entries discuss political transformation, changing religious practices in daily life, sculpture and the arts, material culture, and social structure, and provide biographies of important men and women in the transitional period of late antiquity. The work will be extremely helpful to students learning about the factors that contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire—an important and common topic in world history curricula.
Contents
Volume One
List of Entries,
Guide to Related Topics,
Preface,
Acknowledgments,
Introduction,
Chronology of the Late Antique and Early Medieval World,
Maps,
Entries A-K,
Volume two
Entries L-Z,
Primary Documents
1. Tacitus's Description of Early Germanic Society,
2. An Early Crisis of Church and State: Ambrose of Milan's Excommunication of Theodosius,
3. Ammianus Marcellinus's Account of the Battle of Hadrianople,
4. Pope Leo I, the Great, Defends Rome against Attila the Hun,
5. Augustine of Hippo's Definition of a True Commonwealth,
6. Augustine of Hippo's Conversion Experience,
7. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England according to Bede,
8. Bede's Description of the Life and Works, Including the Conversion of England, of Pope Gregory I, the Great,
9. Bede's Account of the Synod of Whitby,
10. Charlemagne's Letter Promoting Learning in His Empire,
11. An Inventory of a Carolingian Royal Estate,
12. Charlemagne's Law Imposing Christianity on the Saxons,
13. Excerpts from Einhard's Biography of Charlemagne,
14. Eusebius' Description of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and the Conversion of Constantine,
15. Gildas's Version of the Conquest of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons,
16. A Letter from Pope Gregory III to Charles Martel Seeking Aid against the Lombards,
17. Gregory of Tours: Clovis and the Vase of Soissons,
18. Gregory of Tours: The Conversion of Clovis,
19. An Account of the Battle of Tours by a Spanish Christian Chronicler,
20. Excerpts from Jordanes's Getica,
21. Justinian's Codification of Roman Law,
22. Charlemagne and a Painted Mouse Humble a Proud Bishop,
23. Paul the Deacon Explains the Name of the Lombard People,
24. The Lombards Invade Italy on the Invitation of Narses,
25. Priscus's Description of Attila the Hun and His Court,
26. Procopius Describes the Excesses of Justinian and the Character of the Empress Theodora,
27. Rebellion against the Emperor Justinian,
28. Procopius's Description of the Hagia Sophia Following Its Reconstruction by Justinian,
29. Martin of Tours Gives His Cloak to a Poor Beggar,
30. Boniface: An Early Medieval Missionary and Saint,
Appendix: Rulers of Early Medieval Europe,
Bibliography,
Index,
