The First Millennium Ad in Europe and Th

This book deals with the rise of medieval western Europe as the Roman Empire crumbled, and the integration of hitherto barbarian societies into the new mainstream of European society. Archaeological material is the main focus, but information derived from written sources, especially those illuminating the economic and the associated social circumstances, is also taken into account. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The historical framework; AD 0-200; AD 200-400; AD 400-600; AD 600-800; AD 800-1000; 3. The physical setting; General physical conditions; Climatic change; Agriculture and erosion; Cultivated plants; Domestic animals; 4. Rural settlement; Roman Italy; The Mediterranean in the Roman period; The Near East; Temperate Western Europe in the Roman period; The Danube area in the Roman period; Western Europe in the post-Roman period; Northern Europe; 5. Towns and other centres; Classification; Size and distribution of Roman towns; Late Roman fortifications; Churches, mosaics, and inscriptions; Roman forts; 6. Production and exchange; Development of water transport; Roman pottery; Coins; Exchange in Central and Northern Europe; 7. Society, culture and mentality; Burial; Social inequality; The visible and the invisible; 8. Archaeology and historiography; From the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages; In the shadow of the empire; Transformations; Epilogue and prologue; Appendices; References; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Klaus Randsborg, Klavs Randsborg, Randsborg Klavs
• Verlag: External catalogues UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521387873
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38787-3
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike; Europe, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Mediterranean Sea, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory