LEADER 03069nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910840708203321 005 20230725035638.0 010 $a9786612691164 010 $a1-282-69116-3 010 $a1-4443-1807-1 010 $a1-4443-1808-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000392213 035 $a(EBL)477861 035 $a(OCoLC)606885939 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000354872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266140 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10319025 035 $a(PQKB)10736447 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001150231 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12454419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001150231 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11188118 035 $a(PQKB)11246986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477861 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000392213 100 $a20090702d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Vandals$b[electronic resource] /$fAndy Merrills and Richard Miles 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (367 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aThe peoples of Europe 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-6068-3 311 $a1-118-78509-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 330 $aThe Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including:Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raidingThe extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apartThe natur 410 0$aPeoples of Europe. 606 $aVandals 606 $aVandals$zAfrica, North$xHistory 607 $aAfrica, North$xHistory$yTo 647 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 476 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory$y476-1517 615 0$aVandals. 615 0$aVandals$xHistory. 676 $a939.7 676 $a939.703 700 $aMerrills$b A. H$g(Andrew H.),$f1975-$0623163 701 $aMiles$b Richard$f1969-$0788629 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910840708203321 996 $aVandals$91758172 997 $aUNINA