Barbarian migrations and the Roman West, 376-568 / / Guy Halsall

• Autore: Halsall Guy
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 591 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 937/.09
• Soggetto geografico: Italy History 392-814; Rome History Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries; Europe History 392-814
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Romans and barbarians in the imperial world -- 1. How the west was lost and where it got us -- 2. Defining identities -- 3. late Roman Empire in the west -- 4. Society beyond the frontier -- 5. Romans and barbarians before 376 -- pt. II. world renegotiated: Western Europe, 376-550 -- 6. Gothic crisis, 376-382 -- 7. crisis of the Empire, 382-410 -- 8. triumph of the generals, 410-455 -- 9. parting of Gaul and Italy, 455-480 -- 10. Kingdoms of the Empire, 476-550 -- 11. Provincial society in the long fifth century -- 12. Beyond the old frontier -- pt. III. Romans and barbarians in a post-imperial world -- 13. Mechanisms of migration and settlement -- 14. New peoples, new identities, new kingdoms? -- 15. changed world: the roots of failure -- App. Gildas' narrative and the identity of the 'proud tyrant'.̃
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a major survey of the barbarian migrations and their role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the creation of early medieval Europe, one of the key events in European history. Unlike previous studies it integrates historical and archaeological evidence and discusses Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and North Africa, demonstrating that the Roman Empire and its neighbours were inextricably linked. A narrative account of the turbulent fifth and early sixth centuries is followed by a description of society and politics during the migration period and an analysis of the mechanisms of settlement and the changes of identity. Guy Halsall reveals that the creation and maintenance of kingdoms and empires was impossible without the active involvement of people in the communities of Europe and North Africa. He concludes that, contrary to most opinions, the fall of the Roman Empire produced the barbarian migrations, not vice versa.
• Titolo autorizzato: Barbarian migrations and the Roman West, 376-568
• ISBN: 1-107-17268-3; 1-107-38495-8; 1-281-94455-6; 9786611944551; 0-511-80239-0; 0-511-45592-5; 0-511-45412-0; 0-511-45722-7; 0-511-45320-5; 0-511-45516-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818584303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge medieval textbooks.