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Autore |
Merrills A. H (Andrew H.), <1975-> |
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Titolo |
The Vandals [[electronic resource] /] / Andy Merrills and Richard Miles |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786612691164 |
1-282-69116-3 |
1-4443-1807-1 |
1-4443-1808-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vandals |
Vandals - Africa, North - History |
Africa, North History To 647 |
Mediterranean Region History To 476 |
Mediterranean Region History 476-1517 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Vandals; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The Vandals in History; 2 From the Danube to Africa; 3 Ruling the Vandal Kingdom AD 435-534; 4 Identity and Ethnicity in the Vandal Kingdom; 5 The Vandal Kingdom and the Wider World, AD 439-534; 6 The Economy of Vandal Africa; 7 Religion and the Vandal Kingdom; 8 Cultural Life Under the Vandals; 9 Justinian and the End of the Vandal Kingdom; Notes; Pre-1800 Sources; Works Post 1800; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including:Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raidingThe extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state |
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