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'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered 'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us to see beyond Roman prejudices - and yet these records are often as difficult to interpret as historical ones.

Expertly guiding the reader through such historiographical complexities, Edward James traces the history of the barbarians from the height of Roman power through to AD 600, by which time they had settled in most parts of imperial territory in Europe. His book is the first to look at all Europe's barbarians: the Picts and the Scots in the far north-west; the Franks, Goths and Slavic-speaking peoples; and relative newcomers such as the Huns and Alans from the Asiatic steppes.

How did whole barbarian peoples migrate across Europe? What were their relations with the Romans? And why did they convert to Christianity? Drawing on the latest scholarly research, this book rejects easy generalisations to provide a clear, nuanced and comprehensive account of the barbarians and the tumultuous period they lived through.

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""Edward James, an Anglo-Saxon who lives amongst Celts, here offers a sure-footed, clear and sympathetic guide to the complex world of barbarian Europe, where scholarly theories are fought over with almost as much passion as loot from the Empire.""

Bryan Ward-Perkins, Trinity College, Oxford

""A lively and informative introduction to the problems of the collapse of the late Roman Empire and the creation of the medieval world.""

Hugh Elton, Trent University, Canada

'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered 'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us to see beyond Roman prejudices - and yet these records are often as difficult to interpret as historical ones.

Expertly guiding the reader through such historiographical complexities, Edward James traces the history of the barbarians from the height of Roman power through to AD 600, by which time they had settled in most parts of imperial territory in Europe. His book is the first to look at all Europe's barbarians: the Picts and the Scots in the far north-west; the Franks, Goths and Slavic-speaking peoples; and relative newcomers such as the Huns and Alans from the Asiatic steppes.

How did whole barbarian peoples migrate across Europe? What were their relations with the Romans? And why did they convert to Christianity? Drawing on the latest scholarly research, this book rejects easy generalisations to provide a clear, nuanced and comprehensive account of the barbarians and the tumultuous period they lived through.

Edward James trained as both an archaeologist and historian and is now Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin. His single-authored books include "The Origins of France" (1982), "The Franks" (1988), and "Britain in the First Millennium" (2001), and he has also produced two award-winning books on science fiction, the single-authored "Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century "(1994) and "The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction" (2003), co-edited with Farah Mendlesohn.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0582772966
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (June 25, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780582772960
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0582772960
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.81 x 9.21 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview highlighting just how complex this topic is
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In summarizing this book, it's probably most apt to start off with the beginning of the author's chapter on Conclusions - to his credit, he admits that there is no single overarching theme of this book and he also admits that the nature of the topic is such that the lack of consensus around many themes ensures that any reader going through this book is unlikely to come away with strong convictions about anything. However, that should not distract from the quality of this book which is very commendable to get an overview of the interactions between the Roman Empire and 'barbarians' over nearly 6 centuries. One of the few themes running through this book is that the Roman and barbarian worlds held mutual contempt and fascination for each other and the dynamics and interaction between them changed both. The book should serve to caution any reader against an Us vs Them generalization and this is not out of any sense of political correctness but because the reality of barbaro-Roman interactions were generally complex. The Roman Empire was an ever present reality for tribes which lay outside Roman territory and there were strong cultural, political, military and inter-personal linkages between them that fundamentally transformed both - in fact, the Roman Empire created the Germanic world in many ways. The political imprint of the Roman Empire on the Germanic world is visible even today - the country I live in Switzerland, essentially consists of Alamanni and Burgundians settled into former Roman territory - the boundary between the German and French speaking parts almost exactly correspond to their respective areas of settlement. Also fascinating is the fact that both of these Germanic groups represent the differential impacts of Rome on Germanic tribes - the Alamanni continue to speak a Germanic language while the Burgundians speak a Latin one. The Franks who laid the foundations of the French state lost their Germanic tongue and adopted the language of their Romano-Gallic subjects but the Angles and the Saxons who invaded Britain imposed their Germanic language on their Romano - British subjects (leaving out of course the areas that continue to have remnants of Brythonic languages). Overall, I think this book will be a great help for someone looking to understand how the inter-play between tribes and the Roman Empire with their shifting geographic locations, their on and off alliances and enmities and their cultural and religious interactions served to create the modern Europe that we see today.
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Nikow62
4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice book fullfilling my expectations.
Reviewed in France on May 8, 2012
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This book is really worth its price, giving us a good shot on the different events of this era and the social, religious, military aspects of some of the people constituting a part of the "invasions". While not going into much detail, the author gives us different hypothesis and sources on many topics. This book thus permits us to have a nice introduction into this complex era, ang gives us path to further researches. Well written, but lacking a bit in pictures.
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