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1.Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 by: Chris Wickham November 30, 2006
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Chris Wickham has constructed an important synthesis of the state of play in early medieval studies. Surveying regions as varied as Italy, Africa, Egypt, Syria and Denmark, Wickham focuses in particular on social and economic developments during the transformation of the ancient world. The positive aspects of this book are numerous. The prose is intelligent and erudite without lapsing into the unreadable. The evidence is clearly presented and analsyed on its own terms, rather than being crowbared into 'metanarratives', of which Wickham remains suspicious throughout. The fascination of the book lies in its detail. Whether Danish excavations, Anatolian saints' lives or Egyptian tax records, the depth and breadth of research is extraordinary. ... Read More:

2.The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by: Bryan Ward-Perkins July 13, 2006
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Ward-Perkins makes his case (that the Fall of Rome really was an epochal catastrophe) so concisely and elegantly, and without any loss of detail or academic rigour, that it shames many an academic historian whose works are heavy going, even for other historians. The seamless interweaving of documentary and archaeological evidence, the graphics and clear pursuit of a particular historiographical view and its relvance to us today - leavened by occasional donnish humour - make this an easy read. Particularly interesting to read this alongside Peter Heather's (another Oxford historian) book on the Fall of Rome, coincidentally published around the same time but taking a different angle.

3.The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History by: Peter Heather May 05, 2006
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I've been interested in this period of the history for a while but never found a book good enough to explain all the events. This book is thoroughly researched, scholarly yet written in a style and language easy to follow. A couple of reviewers have put foward the point that this book is more about the rise of the barbarians than the fall of the Roman empire. I'm afraid this is not correct as the two are inextricably intertwined. This book comes with the highest recommendation.

4.The World of Late Antiquity (Library of European Civilizations) by: Peter Brown 1989-03
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Peter Brown's The World of Late Antiquity was a revolutionary book for its time. Published in 1971 as an eloquently written essay, Brown challenged many of the assumptions about Classical Civilisation that had dominated historiography since the days of Edward Gibbon. In those days the idea of the fall of the Roman Empire was one of violent invasion and decline, folllowed by centuries of artistic and intellectual poverty called the Dark Ages. Brown opposed these ideas and showed that there were still strong links with the Classical World, well into the Dark Ages, and even following the Islamic Conquest. Although Brown's main point of interest is social and cultural change, he also discuss the art of the period, and many wonderful examples of this art, from portaits ... Read More:

5.The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity 200-1000 AD (Making of Europe) by: Peter Brown November 27, 2002
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This massive and scholarly work is a penetrating account of the rise of Christianity in the West from roughly 150 CE to the year 1000 of our era. In a similar way to his shorter work `Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity', Brown examines how Christianity gradually supplanted all other rival claimants to rulership in a new `conglomeration of power, culture and religious expertise'. Though sometimes imperceptibly slowly, and as much through the mingling of cultures on the Roman empire's borders as by any other means, Christianity came to look like the `natural' successor to Roman overlordship in the Western empire. Other belief systems - the pre-Christian Irish kingdoms, the ways of the pagan Saxons and Franks - gradually lose out to the faith that manages along the way to expropriate, subtly transform, ... Read More:

6.The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950 - 1350 by: Robert Bartlett February 27, 2003
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This is the most enjoyable history book I have ever read. If the history of Europe is a long and interminably complicated one, then I would suggest that this single volume could be the key to unlocking that history and explaining the remarkable diversity of nations and cultures that co-exist within this single, small continent today. The author's clear, unpretentious prose style further enhances the readability of the book and while it is likely to be a must-read for students and academics, the general reader will find this book accessible and entertaining. Bartlett takes the reader on a rapid and utterly fascinating tour of medieval Europe, from the Celtic fringes of the British Isles to the uncharted wildernesses of Eastern Europe, and south to newly-reconquered Spain, between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. ... Read More:

7.Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity by: Rosamond McKitterick May 31, 2008
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This is the most enjoyable history book I have ever read. If the history of Europe is a long and interminably complicated one, then I would suggest that this single volume could be the key to unlocking that history and explaining the remarkable diversity of nations and cultures that co-exist within this single, small continent today. The author's clear, unpretentious prose style further enhances the readability of the book and while it is likely to be a must-read for students and academics, the general reader will find this book accessible and entertaining. Bartlett takes the reader on a rapid and utterly fascinating tour of medieval Europe, from the Celtic fringes of the British Isles to the uncharted wildernesses of Eastern Europe, and south to newly-reconquered Spain, between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. ... Read More:

8.Charlemagne: Barbarian and Emperor by: Derek Wilson August 03, 2006
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The nations of Europe have been homes to various wars for centuries, until a bunch of the countries got together after the Second World War to create a common economic market, and perhaps prevent any more of these conflicts. It created a form of European identity that has now become the European Union. But the idea of Europe, a unified area of diverse cultures that nevertheless falls under the rule of one authority, can be traced back to Charlemagne, the Frankish emperor of the late 8th and early 9th centuries. In his new book, Charlemagne, Derek Wilson examines the emperor's life, but he also examines the myth of Charlemagne through the ages. He looks at how subsequent rulers have used the Charlemagne for their own ends, and how his attempts to conquer and hold together as much of Europe as possible, to have one ... Read More:

9.Two Lives of Charlemagne: The Life of Charlemagne; Charlemagne (Penguin Classics) by: Einhard, Notker The Stammerer July 31, 2008
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The nations of Europe have been homes to various wars for centuries, until a bunch of the countries got together after the Second World War to create a common economic market, and perhaps prevent any more of these conflicts. It created a form of European identity that has now become the European Union. But the idea of Europe, a unified area of diverse cultures that nevertheless falls under the rule of one authority, can be traced back to Charlemagne, the Frankish emperor of the late 8th and early 9th centuries. In his new book, Charlemagne, Derek Wilson examines the emperor's life, but he also examines the myth of Charlemagne through the ages. He looks at how subsequent rulers have used the Charlemagne for their own ends, and how his attempts to conquer and hold together as much of Europe as possible, to have one ... Read More:

10.Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by: Judith Herrin April 03, 2008
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Let me begin by saying that I really, really want to like this book. I am a Late Roman/Byzantine history enthusiast and have read no end of books on the subject over the last couple of decades. Any book attempting to bring this sadly neglected area of history into the wider public consciousness, as Herrin is trying to do with this account, is to be applauded. However for me this falls way short of the mark due to problems ranging from numerous annoyances through to inaccurate impressions given through to complete howlers. I am only 30-odd pages in so far as I write this, but am moved to review already because of these problems. To mention already a few off the top of my head: - The last Western emperor was NOT replaced by "half-Vandal, half-Roman Stilicho" in 476, but in fact by the Scirian ... Read More:

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