Merovingian Worlds

by James T. Palmer

The Merovingian Kingdoms (c. 450-751) dominated much of what is now France, Belgium, and Germany, and were the most powerful and long-lived of the states that transformed the inheritance of Rome after the Crisis of the Fifth Century. Yet they often remain representative of an imagined 'Dark Age', in which civility was eroded by migration, violence, illiteracy, superstition, and a retreat from globality. Through a deep exploration of manuscripts, charters,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108737595
• ISBN13: 9781108737593
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages