Empires of faith
Subtitle: the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam, 500-700
By: Peter Sarris
Series: Oxford history of medieval Europe; Oxford history of medieval Europe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780199261260
Subjects: Social conditions; Economic conditions; History
Description: A panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-412]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The world that had been Rome; title: The formation of post-Roman society; title: The Romano-Germanic kingdoms : the era of Theoderic and Clovis; title: The view from the East : crisis, survival, and renewal; title: Byzantium, the Balkans, and the West : the late sixth century; title: Religion and society in the age of Gregory the Great; title: Heraclius, Persia, and holy war; title: The age of division; title: The princes of the western nations.