The Inheritance of Rome

图书标准信息

• 作者 Chris Wickham 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2010-08
• ISBN 9780143117421
• 定价 160.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 650页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AuniqueandenlighteninglookatEurope'sso-calledDarkAges

DefyingtheconventionalDarkAgesviewofEuropeanhistorybetweenA.D.400and1000,award-winninghistorianChrisWickhampresents"TheInheritanceofRome,"aworkofremarkablescopeandrigorousyetaccessiblescholarship.Drawingonawealthofnewmaterialandfeaturingathoughtfulsynthesisofhistoricalandarchaeologicalapproaches,WickhamaguesthatthesecenturieswerecriticalintheformulationofEuropeanidentity.FromIrelandtoConstantinople,theBaltictotheMediterranean,thenarrativeconstructsavividportraitofthevastandvariedworldofGoths,Franks,Vandals,Arabs,Saxons,andVikings.Groundbreakingandfulloffascinatingrevelations,"TheInheritanceofRome"offersafreshunderstandingofthecrucibleinwhichEuropewouldultimatelybecreated.