Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in TransformationThe first comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to this dark, but critical, period in the history of Western civilization. * Accessible A-Z format for nearly 200 entries covering the people, places, and events during the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of early medieval Europe * Detailed chronology of the nearly 1,000 years of the European barbarian era * Maps and photographs covering key events and places * Articles on art, culture, religion, and day-to-day issues such as agriculture, farm animals, diet, marriage, and burial |
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Contents
A | 1 |
B | 57 |
C | 85 |
D | 139 |
E | 151 |
F | 161 |
G | 173 |
H | 197 |
P | 287 |
R | 301 |
S | 313 |
T | 327 |
U | 347 |
V | 349 |
W | 365 |
Z | 375 |
I | 211 |
J | 219 |
K | 229 |
L | 231 |
M | 261 |
N | 271 |
O | 275 |
Rulers of Barbarian Europe | 379 |
Subject Index to Entries | 383 |
| 387 | |
| 399 | |
About the Author | 421 |
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Page xi - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page xiv - Christian writer at the end of the third century and the beginning of the fourth, says that the number was quadrupled.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation |
| Author | Michael Frassetto |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1576072630, 9781576072639 |
| Length | 419 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General History / Reference Reference / General |
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