'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire--the peoples they considered 'uncivilized'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only arc…
'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire--the peoples they considered 'uncivilized'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only arc…
From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greec…
From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greec…
From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greec…
A panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam.
Major sites such as Hamwic and Dorestad typically dominate any discussion of early medieval trade and emporia - this study is altogether atypical in many ways. Comprising nineteen papers taken from a conference held at Worcester College, Oxford in 2000, the focus here is very mu…
In this volume, deriving from two conferences held in Rome and Leicester in 2016, nineteen leading European archaeologists discuss and interpret the complex evolution of landscapes - both urban and rural - across Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (c. AD 300-700). The geog…
In this volume, deriving from two conferences, the first on "Interpreting Transformations of Landscapes and People in Late Antiquity" took place in Rome on 10-11 October and the second conference was held in Leicester (UK) on 5 November 2016, nineteen leading European archaeolog…
In this volume, deriving from two conferences held in Rome and Leicester in 2016, nineteen leading European archaeologists discuss and interpret the complex evolution of landscapes - both urban and rural - across Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (c. AD 300-700). The geog…
