Framing the early Middle Ages
Subtitle: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800
By: Chris Wickham.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-11-30
Place of publication: Oxford, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1018
ISBN-13: 9780199212965
Subjects: Middle Ages; Civilization, Medieval; Europe -- History -- 392-814; Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500; Mediterranean Region -- Civilization
Notes: Originally published in hardback: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [832]-943) and index.
Table of contents: title: Front Matter; title: List of maps
pagenum: x; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: xi; title: Notes on terminology
pagenum: xiv; label: 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Part I
title: States; label: 2
title: Geography and politics
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: The Form of the State
pagenum: 56; label: Part II
title: Aristocratic power-structures; label: 4
title: Aristocracies
pagenum: 153; label: 5
title: Managing the land
pagenum: 259; label: 6
title: Political breakdown and state-building in the North
pagenum: 303; label: Part III
title: Peasantries; label: 7
title: Peasants and local societies: case studies
pagenum: 383; label: 8
title: Rural settlement and village societies
pagenum: 442; label: 9
title: Peasant society and its problems
pagenum: 519; label: Part IV
title: Networks; label: 10
title: Cities
pagenum: 591; label: 11
title: Systems of exchange
pagenum: 693; label: 12
title: General conclusions
pagenum: 825; title: End Matter; title: Bibliography; title: Primary sources
pagenum: 832; title: Secondary sources
pagenum: 845; title: Index
pagenum: 944