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Contents |
Introduction: new light on the Dark Ages? -- Pirenne and the question of demand in the sixth century -- King Arthur's Britain and the end of the western Roman empire -- Balkan ghosts? nationalism and the question of rural continuity in Albania / William Bowden -- Dark Age economics revisited -- Charlemagne's elephant -- San Vincenzo al Volturno and the plan of St Gall -- The ninth-century collective workshop at San Vincenzo al Volturno -- Beyond feudalism: monasteries and their management in the eighth and ninth centuries -- Goodbye to the vikings? -- Society, power and the first English industrial revolution -- Conclusions: Pirenne after McCormick. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index. |
ISBN | 0715634291 |
ISBN | 9780715634295 |