Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World
Udo Heyn|Patrick J. Geary
From the twilight of Roman Empire emerged kingdoms Merovingian Europe (c. 400-700 AD), which were, in turn, basis for nations medieval and modern Europe. Professor Geary draws on latest archaeological historical findings to elucidate one least understood periods European history. This text is aimed at both survey graduate courses history, invariably take period as their starting point. The other available works this subject are widely acknowledged be either inadequate or out date. concise synthesis scholarship specialists, whose work appears almost exclusively highly specialized German French monographs, will also welcomed by scholars seeking keep abreast current historiography important transitional
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