Chris Wickham's "The Inheritance of Rome: Shedding Light on the Dark Ages 400-1000"

If you're looking for a comprehensive overview of the Dark Ages, Chris Wickham's The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe) is the perfect choice. This book is easy to read and understand, offering an accessible and insightful look into the history of ancient civilizations. With its unique blend of narrative and analysis, this book is sure to leave readers with a deep understanding of the time period. It's no wonder that it's one of the best Books available on the topic, and a great addition to any history buff's library.

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The Dark Ages, spanning from 400 to 1000 AD, were a period of immense transformation in Europe. This period, also known as the Early Middle Ages, was marked by the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of new Germanic kingdoms, and the spread of Christianity. It saw the emergence of new cultural identities and the development of distinct political and social structures. The period also saw the introduction of feudalism, the growth of towns, and the emergence of a money economy. During this time, Europe underwent a significant transformation from its classical roots, and the changes of the Dark Ages laid the foundations for the later medieval period.
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Details of Chris Wickham's "The Inheritance of Rome: Shedding Light on the Dark Ages 400-1000"

  • History of Christianity (Books): History of Christianity
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 1.6 x 5.3 x 8.4 inches
  • Customer Reviews: 4.3/5 stars of 338 ratings
  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 688 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 0143117424
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 1.32 pounds
  • Ancient Roman History (Books): Ancient Roman History
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-0143117421
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Penguin Books; Reprint edition
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • Best Sellers Rank: #43 in Italian History #132 in Ancient Roman History #296 in History of Christianity
  • Italian History (Books): Italian History

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Rhys D. Schneider: Quality book as advertised, well packaged. Appreciated!

United States on Nov 18, 2023

Hugh Chisholm: Service was excellent and the book is outstanding

Canada on Jun 10, 2023

S. Silvestre: This book is a dense and comprehensive review of the history of medieval Europe, starting from the transition from the Roman Empire to the medieval era. It is a very good book.

Netherlands on Oct 03, 2022

Cliente Amazon: Wickham apresenta um olhar maduro para a Idade Média, revelando tensões e uma estrutura complexa que vai além de uma história plana e hegemônica. Ao problematizar pequenas estruturas e outros grupos sociais Wickham dá mais densidade a compreensão política e econômica medievais.

Brazil on Sep 20, 2018

Cliente Amazon: Not easy to read, the book offers an excellent summary and updated analysis of some of the most o scure centuries of Europe's history. Probably the best study on the period.

Italy on Mar 20, 2018

Don Calavera: El libro cubre el periodo entre la caída del Imperio Romano de Occidente y el inicio de la baja Edad Media, es un ensayo excelente aunque quizá la prosa no es la mejor si no tienen ciertos conocimientos previos sobre el periodo.

Mexico on Feb 01, 2016

Greg Polansky: First of all, let's start with the title. The Dark Ages are an outdated term for a period that was anything but dark. The title used in England of this book, The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000, is a better guide to what you will be getting in this book. Even then, that too is misleading since areas like North Africa and what is now Iraq get coverage. Chris Wickham details the history of both the lands that Rome held sway over and lands at the periphery of the Roman Empire. For anyone always annoyed by the incorrect factoid that the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, this will be good news.

Wickham does an excellent job of recounting the transformation of the Western Roman Empire, an area urbanized where the public sphere was important, into the subsequent kingdoms that were highly militarized, and where the public sphere had atrophied because cities were no longer possible to maintain in the first part of the period. Thus we get excellent histories of Vandal Africa, Visigothic Spain, Burgundy, Ostrogothic then Lombard Italy, Merovingian Francia, and later on of both the Carolignian Empire and the Caliphate that took over most of Iberia. Wickham details...

United States on Nov 17, 2013

David Hoffman: The Inheritance of Rome by Chris Wickham is the second book in the series the Penguin History of Europe, following The Birth of Classical Europe. Like the earlier book, The Inheritance of Rome is more concerned with the uses the people of the era made of their understanding of the past than with giving a straightforward chronology of the era. In other words, this book deals with the inheritance the Roman Empire bequeathed to the peoples living in the centuries after its collapse in the West. These peoples, whether of the post Roman kingdoms of Western Europe, the Roman remnant of the Byzantine Empire in the East, or the Islamic invaders made differing uses of the institutions and cultural norms left behind by the Romans, each society adapting Roman ways to their particular needs.
The Inheritance of Rome covers the centuries between 400 and 1000. While these endpoints may seem somewhat arbitrary, in neither case do they indicate any sort of sharp division, they nevertheless are appropriate as the endpoints for the transformation of Europe from a continent dominated by a centralized empire to the decentralized, feudal Europe of the Central Middle Ages. At the beginning of this...

United States on Jan 09, 2013



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Total Reviews 14 reviews 117 reviews 733 reviews
History of Christianity (Books) History of Christianity
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 1.6 x 5.3 x 8.4 inches 5.58 x 0.84 x 8.55 inches
Customer Reviews 4.3/5 stars of 338 ratings 4.7/5 stars of 656 ratings
Paperback ‏ ‎ 688 pages 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 0143117424 1633887022
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 1.32 pounds 13.3 ounces
Ancient Roman History (Books) Ancient Roman History Ancient Roman History
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-0143117421 978-1633887022
Publisher ‏ ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition Prometheus
Language ‏ ‎ English English
Best Sellers Rank #43 in Italian History #132 in Ancient Roman History #296 in History of Christianity #30 in Ancient Greek History #62 in Ancient Roman History #91 in Cultural Anthropology
Italian History (Books) Italian History
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