A companion to the global early Middle Ages / / edited by Erik Hermans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809513003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , [2020]; 2020
• ISBN: 1942401760; 9781942401766
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 pages)
• Collana: Arc companions series
• Disciplina: 940.12
• Soggetti: Middle Ages; Europe History 476-1492
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction, ERIK HERMANS REGIONS 1. East Africa, MARK HORTON 2. South Asia, KENNETH R. HALL 3. Southeast Asia, JOHN K. WHITMORE 4. Oceania, GLENN R. SUMMERHAYES 5. Japan, ROSS BENDER 6. Korea, RICHARD D. McBRIDE II 7. China, TINEKE D'HAESELEER 8. Tibet, LEWIS DONEY 9. Inner Asia, MICHAEL R. DROMPP 10. West Asia, KHODADAD REZAKHANI 11. Byzantium, MICHAEL J. DECKER 12. Northeast Africa, GEORGE HATKE 13. Sahara and West Africa, SONJA MAGNAVITA 14. Western Europe, JENNIFER R. DAVIS 15. Mesoamerica, HEATHER McKILLOP PROCESSES 16. Trade and Commerce, RICHARD L. SMITH 17. Migration, JOHANNES PREISER-KAPELLER 18. Climate and Disease, PETER SARRIS 19. Intellectual Connectivity, ERIK HERMANS Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This companion introduces the connections between early medieval societies that have previously been studied in isolation. By bringing together nineteen experts on different regions across the globe, from Oceania to Europe and beyond, it transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries and synthesizes parallel historiographical narratives.