Early Medieval Europe 300–1050

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Early Medieval Europe 300–1050

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Early Medieval Europe 300–1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period. Throughout the book, major research questions and historiographical debates are identified and guidance is given on how to engage with and evaluate key documentary sources as well as artistic and archaeological evidence. The book’s aim is to engender confidence in creative and independent historical thought.

This second edition has been fully revised and expanded and now includes coverage of both Islamic and Byzantine history, surveying and critically examining the often radically different scholarly interpretations relating to them. Also new to this edition is an extensively updated and closely integrated companion website, which has been carefully designed to provide practical guidance to teachers and students, offering a wealth of reference materials and aids to mastering the period, and lighting the way for further exploration of written and non-written sources.

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Útgefandi
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781351173025
Print ISBN
9781138936874
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
David Rollason
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2018-03-29
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of maps
  • Preface
  • Companion website resources
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 Why study this period?
  • Formative character
  • Challenges to study
  • This book’s aims
  • Questions, models, and experiments
  • Part II Empires and peoples
  • Introduction
  • 2 From Roman Empire to barbarian kingdoms: cataclysm or transition?
  • The First Doom and Gloom Model
  • The Second Doom and Gloom Model
  • The Deliberate Roman Policy Model
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 3 The dismemberment and survival of the Byzantine Empire
  • The First Doom and Gloom Model
  • The Second Doom and Gloom Model
  • The Deliberate Byzantine Policy Model
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 4 The Arab conquests
  • Approach 1: Accepting the validity of the written sources
  • Approach 2: Being sceptical of the sources
  • Approach 3: Reading back from the heyday of the Umayyad and ‘Abbasid caliphates
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 5 The making of peoples
  • The Biological Model
  • The Constitutional Model
  • Why did peoples form?
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part II
  • Part III Power and society
  • Introduction
  • 6 Pagan, Roman, and Christian beliefs about rulers: ideological power
  • Paganism and rulership
  • Roman ideology and kingship
  • Christianity and rulership
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 7 Edicts, taxes, and armies: bureaucratic power
  • Written documents
  • Oral communication, symbolism, and ritual
  • Government departments and staff
  • Capabilities of governments
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 8 Kings, warriors, and women: personal power
  • War-bands
  • Feasting, drinking, and the hall
  • The social pyramid
  • Aristocratic elites
  • The role of women
  • Nearness to the king
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part III
  • Part IV The economic foundation
  • Introduction
  • 9 Trade as a driving force?
  • Pirenne and his critics
  • The nature of the Roman and Byzantine economies
  • The economic influence of the Arab caliphate
  • Decline and revival of trade?
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 10 Cultivating the land: the basis of European society?
  • The continuity of Roman agriculture
  • An agricultural revolution?
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 11 Towns and cities: the functions of urban life
  • The fate of Roman cities
  • Functions of cities and towns
  • Growth of cities and towns
  • New towns
  • Cities and towns as tools of power
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part IV
  • Part V The Church’s triumph
  • Introduction
  • 12 Conversion to Christianity
  • The Roman Empire
  • The barbarians within the Roman Empire
  • Conversion outside the former Roman Empire
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 13 The success of monasticism
  • ‘Bottom-up’ model
  • ‘Top-down’ model
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • 14 The power of bishops and popes
  • Bishops and popes in the Church hierarchy
  • The resources of popes and bishops
  • Bishops and popes in the world
  • Companion website resources
  • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part V
  • General Conclusion
  • Sources
  • References
  • Image credits
  • Index