A unique and enlightening look at Europe's so-called Dark Ages
Defying the conventional Dark Ages view of European history
between A.D. 400 and 1000, award-winning historian Chris Wickham
presents "The Inheritance of Rome," a work of remarkable scope and
rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new
material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and
archaeological approaches, Wickham agues that these centuries were
critical in the formulation of European identity. From Ireland to
Constantinople, the Baltic to the Mediterranean, the narrative
constructs a vivid portrait of the vast and varied world of Goths,
Franks, Vandals, Arabs, Saxons, and Vikings. Groundbreaking and
full of fascinating revelations, "The Inheritance of Rome" offers a
fresh understanding of the crucible in which Europe would
ultimately be created.
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Exhaustively detailed, superbly informative
Mon, 23 Jan 2023 | Review
by: joemighty16
An exhaustively detailed narrative of the development of Europe and, to a lesser extend, North Africa and the Near East, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The focus is, of course, the Germanic successor kingdoms that grew out of the Frankish kingdom, but you are also taken to the Spanish and Italian states, Byzantium, Eastern Europe, and the Muslim empires.
As informative and valuable as this is, I did use the word "exhaustive" as it is so thorough that you do tend to lose the big picture in all the details. But excellently written. Wickam crosses so many historical, social and economic fields he must be superhuman.
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