The Barbarian West: The Early Middle Ages, A.D. 400-1000 (The Academy Library / TB 1061)

viii, 9-157, [3], 11, [5] pp. "In the fourth century the Roman Empire was under threat. TheBarbarians were becoming a powerful force in Europe, and the Huns,the most savage of these tribesmen, were sweeping south towards theimperial frontiers. At the same time the Empire faced growinginternal social and economic problems: plague and war haddiminished the agricultural population and productivity wasfalling; the army was under increasing strain in defending theextensive boundaries. Christianity, too, continued to prove anunsettling influence - accepted and established in Constantinople,but not in Rome. In this perceptive and stimulating book, Professor Wallace-Hadrilltraces the development of Western Europe from the dissolution ofthe late Roman Empire to the emergence, in the tenth century, ofthe individual states of medieval Europe." CONTENTS: Preface; Introductory; Mare Nostrum; Italy and the Lombards; The Franks (1); The Franks (2); Imperium Christianum; Select Bibliography; Index. MAPS: Europe at the Ascension of Justinian; The Western Empire, 843 A.D.