The Merovingian kingdoms, 450-751 /
"The centuries immediately following the collapse of Roman rule in what is now France are an extraordinarily tangled time that is frequently dismissed as no more than a chaotic prelude to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. Ian Wood's aim is to demonstrate that there was more to Merov...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Longman,
1994.
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| Summary: | "The centuries immediately following the collapse of Roman rule in what is now France are an extraordinarily tangled time that is frequently dismissed as no more than a chaotic prelude to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. Ian Wood's aim is to demonstrate that there was more to Merovingian France than fratricidal kinglets, murderous queens, corrupt bishops and otherworldly monastic saints." |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0582218780 9780582218789 0582493722 9780582493728 |