Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of maps
• Preface
• Companion website resources
• Part I Introduction
  • 1 Why study this period?
    • Formative character
    • Challenges to study
    • This book’s aims
    • Questions, models, and experiments
• Part II Empires and peoples
  • Introduction
  • 2 From Roman Empire to barbarian kingdoms: cataclysm or transition?
    • The First Doom and Gloom Model
    • The Second Doom and Gloom Model
    • The Deliberate Roman Policy Model
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 3 The dismemberment and survival of the Byzantine Empire
    • The First Doom and Gloom Model
    • The Second Doom and Gloom Model
    • The Deliberate Byzantine Policy Model
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 4 The Arab conquests
    • Approach 1: Accepting the validity of the written sources
    • Approach 2: Being sceptical of the sources
    • Approach 3: Reading back from the heyday of the Umayyad and ‘Abbasid caliphates
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 5 The making of peoples
    • The Biological Model
    • The Constitutional Model
    • Why did peoples form?
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part II
• Part III Power and society
  • Introduction
  • 6 Pagan, Roman, and Christian beliefs about rulers: ideological power
    • Paganism and rulership
    • Roman ideology and kingship
    • Christianity and rulership
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 7 Edicts, taxes, and armies: bureaucratic power
    • Written documents
    • Oral communication, symbolism, and ritual
    • Government departments and staff
    • Capabilities of governments
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 8 Kings, warriors, and women: personal power
    • War-bands
    • Feasting, drinking, and the hall
    • The social pyramid
    • Aristocratic elites
    • The role of women
    • Nearness to the king
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part III
• Part IV The economic foundation
  • Introduction
  • 9 Trade as a driving force?
    • Pirenne and his critics
    • The nature of the Roman and Byzantine economies
    • The economic influence of the Arab caliphate
    • Decline and revival of trade?
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 10 Cultivating the land: the basis of European society?
    • The continuity of Roman agriculture
    • An agricultural revolution?
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 11 Towns and cities: the functions of urban life
    • The fate of Roman cities
    • Functions of cities and towns
    • Growth of cities and towns
    • New towns
    • Cities and towns as tools of power
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part IV
• Part V The Church’s triumph
  • Introduction
  • 12 Conversion to Christianity
    • The Roman Empire
    • The barbarians within the Roman Empire
    • Conversion outside the former Roman Empire
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 13 The success of monasticism
    • ‘Bottom-up’ model
    • ‘Top-down’ model
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • 14 The power of bishops and popes
    • Bishops and popes in the Church hierarchy
    • The resources of popes and bishops
    • Bishops and popes in the world
    • Companion website resources
    • Research and study
  • Conclusion
  • Timeline: Part V
• General Conclusion
• Sources
• References
• Image credits
• Index

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