Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered - Hardcover

Wells, Peter S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393060756 ISBN 13: 9780393060751

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 240 pages; Physical desc. : xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index. Subject: Middle Ages. Civilization, Medieval --Europe --History - 392-814 - 476-1492. Summary: The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it, and for the next four centuries the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only ways of life. This is the picture of the Dark Ages that most historians promote. But archaeology tells a different story. Peter Wells, one of the world's leading archaeologists, surveys the archaeological record to demonstrate that the Dark Ages were not dark at all. The kingdoms of Christendom that emerged starting in the ninth century sprang from a robust, previously little-known European culture, albeit one that left behind few written texts.

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The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it, and for the next four centuries the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only way of life. This is the picture of the Dark Ages that most historians promote. But archaeology tells a different story. Peter S. Wells, one of the world's leading archaeologists, surveys the archaeological record to demonstrate that the Dark Ages were not dark at all. The kingdoms of Christendom that emerged starting in the ninth century sprang from a robust, previously little-known, European culture, albeit one that left behind few written texts. This recently recognized culture achieved heights in artistry, technology, craft production, commerce, and learning. Future assessments of the period between Rome and Charlemagne will need to incorporate this fresh new picture.

Biografía del autor:

Peter S. Wells is professor of archaeology at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of The Battle That Stopped Rome and The Barbarians Speak. He lives in St. Paul.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393060756
• ISBN 13: 9780393060751
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256