Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered
A rich and surprising look at the robust European culture that thrived after the collapse of Rome.
A rich and surprising look at the robust European culture that thrived after the collapse of Rome.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393060751 (0393060756)
ASIN: 393060756
Publish date: July 17th 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
TITLE: Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered AUTHOR: Peter S. Wells DATE PUBLISHED: 2008 FORMAT: e-book ISBN: 9780393069372 _________________________________________ In Barbarians to Angels, Wells discusses his basic thesis that the “Dark Ages” weren’t quite so dark. That...
I would describe this book as a professor's collection of undergraduate-level lectures about the Dark Ages - which, as he correctly points out, weren't quite as "dark" as the general public might think. Of course, John & Jane Q. Public don't often consider the Dark Ages except when they're watching ...