Europe's Barbarians AD 200-600

Expertly guiding the reader through such historiographical complexities, Edward James traces the history of the barbarians from the height of Roman power through to AD 600, by which time they had settled in most parts of imperial territory in Europe. His book is the first to look at all Europe's barbarians: the Picts and the Scots in the far north-west; the Franks, Goths and Slavic-speaking peoples; and relative newcomers such as the Huns and Alans from the Asiatic steppes.Drawing on the latest scholarly research, this book rejects easy generalisations to provide a clear, nuanced and comprehensive account of the barbarians and the tumultuous period they lived through.

Author: Edward James
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/01/2009
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780582772960

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2010

About the Author

Edward James trained as both an archaeologist and historian and is currently Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin. His single-authored books include "The Origins of France" (1982), "The Franks" (1988), and "Britain in the First Millennium" (2001), and he has also co-edited two award-winning books on science fiction, "Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century "(1994) and "The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction" (2003).