EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE - The centuries studied here are vital ones for the understanding of the formation of many aspects of the political and intellectual heritage of modern Europe. For better or for worse, ideas and institutions formed in this period continue to influence those of the present. The major themes are: the Roman Empire, the establishment of the dominance of Christianity in Europe and the parallel rise of the rival world of the religion if Islam, together with the unfulfilled aspirations towards the revival of a Christian 'Roman' Empire in the West under the Carolingians - are all large scale ones that have fascinated and perplexed subsequent generations.

Condition: Good (second edition) - Author: Roger Collins - Publisher: Palgrave - Pages: 533 - Paperback