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The Vandals
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Artikel-Nr:
9781444318081
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Andrew Merrills
Serie:
The Peoples of Europe
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including: Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raiding The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart The nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender perspective.
The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom.This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including:* Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raiding* The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart* The nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender perspective.
List of Illustrations viiiPreface ixList of Abbreviations xii1 The Vandals in History 12 From the Danube to Africa 273 Ruling the Vandal Kingdom ad 435-534 564 Identity and Ethnicity in the Vandal Kingdom 835 The Vandal Kingdom and the Wider World, ad 439-5341096 The Economy of Vandal Africa 1417 Religion and the Vandal Kingdom 1778 Cultural Life Under the Vandals 2049 Justinian and the End of the Vandal Kingdom 228Notes 256Pre-1800 Sources 306Works Post 1800 313Index 341