The Inheritance of Rome - A History of Europe from 400 to 1000

Informationen zum Autor Chris Wickham Klappentext Chris Wickham is Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. His book Framing the Middle Ages , which was published in 2005, won the Wolfson Prize, the Deutscher Memorial Prize and the James Henry Breasted Prize of the American Historical Association. He taught for many years at the University of Birmingham and is a Fellow of the British Academy. Zusammenfassung The world known as the 'Dark Ages', often seen as a time of barbarism, was in fact the crucible in which modern Europe would be created. This book shows how this period, encompassing peoples such as Goths, Franks, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, was central to the development of our history and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Wickham, Christopher Wickham
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9780140290141
• ISBN: 978-0-14-029014-1
• No. of pages: 488
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE