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'Matthew Innes' new survey fills a nagging void for teachers of early medieval history ... He engages in a dialogue with the sources and literature and with his audience as well ... leading students to an appreciation of current views and competing scholarly interpretations ... The bibliographical essays are a superb introduction to the literature of the field, invaluable to introductory and advanced students as well as seasoned professionals.' - John McCulloh, Kansas State University.
"Innes has done early medieval scholarship a great service. By surveying and synthesising recent research covering such a long period, his book will help others to connect the dots and draw conclusions of their own... This is a very important book... an excellent resource for teachers and students." - Warren C. Brown, English Historical Review
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'Matthew Innes' new survey fills a nagging void for teachers of early medieval history ...' - John McCulloh, Kansas State University.
"Innes has done early medieval scholarship a great service. By surveying and synthesising recent research covering such a long period, his book will help others to connect the dots and draw conclusions of their own... This is a very important book... an excellent resource for teachers and students." - Warren C. Brown, English Historical Review
Surveying the period of European history, 300–900 AD, this comprehensive and stimulating textbook is the first to present the last twenty-five years of research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. It is unique in combining an account of the historical background of the period with discussion of the social, economic, cultural and political structures of the societies within it.
Introduction to Early Medieval Western Europe, 300–900 includes:
- chapter summaries and chronologies
- key topic essays discussing archaeological or documentary evidence
- maps plus supporting illustrations from archaeological and historical finds
- bibliographical essays which discuss available sources and further reading, introducing teachers and students to specialist literature
- a comprehensive index.
Key topics discussed are:
- why the Roman Empire broke down so irrevocably in Western Europe
- how it came to be replaced by radically different political systems
- why the city-based state structure of antiquity was replaced
- how and why the division between civilians and the military broke down
- the conversion of Western Europe to Christianity and the establishment of the church as the central social institution
- what made Western Europe's experience so distinctive in this period.
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Innes shows clearly the differing degrees of change and continuity in the major regions of the Late Roman and post-Roman world. Among the highlights are his description of Italy's transformation from an imperial heartland to a frontier province of the shrunken Byzantine continuation of the Late Roman system, his treatment of the political structure of Merovingian Gaul, and his brilliant summary of the latest insights into the creation of the Avar - Slav world in southeastern Europe. Innes' _Introduction to Early Medieval Europe_ can be read usefully alongside Michael McCormick's _Origins of the European Economy_ and Chris Wickham's _Framing the Early Middle Ages_.
For researchers as well as for students, extremely helpful are the extensive bibliographical essays at the end of every chapter. I have used this book successfully as the major text in a 300-level course on Early Medieval Europe, and will probably use it again.
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