Before France and Germany
Subtitle: the creation and transformation of the Merovingian world
By: Patrick J. Geary.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 25, 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Merovingians  -- History; France  -- History  -- To 987; Germany  -- History  -- To 843
Description: In this innovative new study, Patrick Geary rejects traditional notions of European history to present the Merovingian period (ca. 400-750) as an integral part of Late Antiquity. Drawing on current scholarship in archaeology, cultural history, historical ethnography, and other fields, the author formulates an original interpretation not only of Merovingian history but of the Romano-barbarian world from which it arose. Mapping the complex interactions of a volatile era, he carefully traces the Romanization of barbarians and the barbarization of Romans that ultimately made these populations indistinguishable. (BARNES & NOBLE).
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 241-248.