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Loading... The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (edition 2010)by Chris Wickham
Work InformationThe Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000 by Chris Wickham
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book covers a period that set the stage for so many important events of the following centuries. What Wickham does well in this book is to explain what historical evidence there is and there is not for this period. He also discusses the historical controversies about this period. The structure of the book is also effective. The book was unfortunately marred by some really terrible writing in spots. While reading some chapters I found myself mentally rewriting some of the sentences to try to make them more intelligible. This was, of course, a terrible distraction from the subject matter. The book's editor appeared to have been lying down on the job here. no reviews | add a review
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Historian Chris Wickham defies conventional views of the "Dark Ages" in European history with a work of rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and archaeological approaches, Wickham argues that these centuries were critical in the formulation of European identity. Far from being a "middle" period between more significant epochs, this age has much to tell us in its own right about the progress of culture and the development of political thought. Wickham focuses on a world still profoundly shaped by Rome, which encompassed peoples ranging from Goths, Franks, and Vandals to Arabs, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings. Digging deep into each culture, Wickham constructs a vivid portrait of a vast and varied world stretching from Ireland to Constantinople, the Baltic to the Mediterranean--the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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Additionally, if you removed all the repeated caveats of "we cannot be sure" and "this could have happened but maybe it didn't" this book would be 20% shorter. I get it. Too few written records, lots of guesswork - explaining that once is enough. ( )