Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000: Third Edition, 3rd Edition

In this classic textbook history of early medieval Europe, Roger Collins provides a comprehensive account of the centuries during which Europe changed from being an abstract geographical expression to a new culturally coherent, if politically divided, entity.

This essential volume:
• examines how the social, economic and cultural structures of Antiquity were replaced by their medieval equivalents
• defines the European context by looking at the external forces which helped to shape it through conflict
• explores key topics such as the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of both Christianity and Islam, the Vikings, and the expansion of Latin Christian culture into eastern Europe
• features maps, genealogies, a chronology and bibliography to aid understanding and further study.