num_pages: 157
description: Harper Torchbooks/Harper &amp; Row, 1962 Reprint of 1952 Hutchinson Library edition. Softbound book good. Covers good with price crossed out at front bottom, spiine with some tanning; binding sound; pages with underlining &amp; marginalia in ink throughout, but all text highly legible. 159 pages; 8 X 5.25 X 0.25; 11 oz. shipping weight. It's a debate of some import tryiing to decide when the Ancient world of Roman Europe ended and the Medieval world of largely Germanic kingdoms started. Some scholars see this ending as occuring without much influence of barbarian tribes ransacking the empire, but rather the slow, steady vandalism of such devout Christians as Constantine and Theodosius the Great during the 4th century. This little book by a renowned specialist in the Late Roman Empire is especially valuable in beginning to sort this out as well as provide a description of life in such times.
language: English
title: The Barbarian West: The Early Middle Ages, A. D. 400-1000
titlecomplete: The Barbarian West: The Early Middle Ages, A. D. 400-1000
genres: Medieval History, History, Medieval, European History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 105
publisher: Harper Torchbooks