Before revision: French and Italian history notably featured in the list of volumes with Chris Wickham's Early Mediaeval Italy (1981), Edward James's The Origins of France (1982), and Roger Collins's Early Medieval Spain (1983) formed a trilogy that was described by Paul Fouracre in Teaching History in 1986 as being "required reading for undergraduates studying the early middle ages".Reviewed Work: Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400-1000, (New Studies in Medieval History series) by R. Collins.
After revision: French and Italian history notably featured in the list of volumes with Chris Wickham's Early Mediaeval Italy (1981), Edward James's The Origins of France (1982), and Roger Collins's Early Medieval Spain (1983) forming a trilogy that was described by Paul Fouracre in Teaching History in 1986 as being "required reading for undergraduates studying the early middle ages".Reviewed Work: Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400-1000, (New Studies in Medieval History series) by R. Collins.