{"product_id":"barbarians-to-angels-the-dark-ages-reconsidered-9780393335392","title":"Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered","description":"The barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it, and for the next four centuries the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only ways of life. This is the picture of the Dark Ages that most historians promote. But archaeology tells a different story. Peter Wells, one of the world's leading archaeologists, surveys the archaeological record to demonstrate that the Dark Ages were not dark at all. The kingdoms of Christendom that emerged starting in the ninth century sprang from a robust, previously little-known European culture, albeit one that left behind few written texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter S. Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393335392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWells, Peter S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePeter S. Wells\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of archaeology at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Battle That Stopped Rome\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Barbarians Speak\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in St. Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45069863682163,"sku":"9780393335392","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_185ef2a1-a0ed-40e3-ad8e-ce045620ca87.jpg?v=1780605335","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/barbarians-to-angels-the-dark-ages-reconsidered-9780393335392","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}