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Before France And Germany: The Creation And Transformation of the Merovingian World ハードカバー – 1988/2/25
英語版
Patrick J. Geary
(著)
In this innovative new study, Patrick Geary rejects traditional notions of European history to present the Merovingian period (ca. 400-750) as an integral part of Late Antiquity. Drawing on current scholarship in archaeology, cultural history, historical ethnography, and other fields, the author formulates an original interpretation not only of Merovingian history but of the Romano-barbarian world from which it arose. Mapping the complex interactions of a volatile era, he carefully traces the Romanization of barbarians and the barbarization of Romans that ultimately made these populations indistinguishable. Authoritative and elegantly written, Before France and Germany
*presents an original and powerful synthesis of one of the most misunderstood periods of European history
*draws on the latest archaeological, ethnographic, and historical findings, including grave finds, court documents, and kinship records
*establishes the Merovingian world as an integral part of late antiquity
*culls and interprets a wealth if specialist Continental scholarship in a concise, readable style
This new study is an important contribution to our understanding of a crucial but often neglected period of Western history.
*presents an original and powerful synthesis of one of the most misunderstood periods of European history
*draws on the latest archaeological, ethnographic, and historical findings, including grave finds, court documents, and kinship records
*establishes the Merovingian world as an integral part of late antiquity
*culls and interprets a wealth if specialist Continental scholarship in a concise, readable style
This new study is an important contribution to our understanding of a crucial but often neglected period of Western history.
- 本の長さ272ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Oxford Univ Pr
- 発売日1988/2/25
- 寸法13.46 x 1.27 x 20.07 cm
- ISBN-100195044576
- ISBN-13978-0195044577
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"[This] important and useful study is a creative synthesis that presents a new and striking interpretation of the world of Merovingian Europe. He draws together a significant body of recent scholarship....The book's revised assessment of the nature and significance of the Merovingian world should find a wide audience among those interested in medieval Europe."--Choice
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- 出版社 : Oxford Univ Pr (1988/2/25)
- 発売日 : 1988/2/25
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 272ページ
- ISBN-10 : 0195044576
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195044577
- 寸法 : 13.46 x 1.27 x 20.07 cm
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Bartolome
5つ星のうち5.0
A great book about a scarcely known period of history
2022年6月9日にメキシコでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I teach at a modest liberal arts school and had to teach a course on medieval history, which is not my specialty (the course was in Spanish, my mother tongue). This book gave me several weeks' worth of teaching material. It's also a great read. It offers a panoramic view, which makes it interesting to the general reader. At the same time, the book is detailed enough to give you a good grasp of the history of the Frankish kingdoms during the early middle ages. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good introduction to the late imperial and early medieval periods.
Anne Mills
5つ星のうち5.0
Illuminating Look at the Not-So-Dark Ages of Merovingian France.
2016年4月1日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
The period between the fall of Rome and the emergence of medieval Europe gets short shrift in the popularly available literature. This book fills that gap, and in doing so show just how overdrawn is the "fall of Rome" view of European history. Geary shows convincingly that late Roman ways and relationships persisted for centuries, gradually evolving into what we recognize as early medieval culture. Or at least they did in the place that is very much the author's focus: Merovingian France. (The title may be somewhat misleading: this book is almost entirely about what went on to the west of the Rhine). In France, a Gallo-Roman provincial aristocracy persisted and remained powerful after the Franks established control over much of what is now France and the Low Countries, and late Roman culture persisted along with that. Moreover, the Franks themselves had been heavily Romanized, serving in Roman armies and becoming subject to Roman law. The Merovingian kings worked with the Gallo Roman power structure rather than attempting to supplant it. Given just how few Franks there may have been (Geary cites a "guess" of 150-200,000 spread out in a Gallo-Roman population of 6-7,000,000) they probably had little choice. The author ends with a chapter summing up the importance of the Merovingians, and argues convincingly that much of their poor reputation (les rois faineants) may be due to Carolingian propaganda.
All in all, this is an illuminating and enjoyable read. There is one section on the later Merovingian kings where the number of unpronounceable names becomes a real stumbling block, and the genealogical chart in the Kindle edition is not much help -- it appears to have been divided in two. But I learned a lot, and enjoyed doing so.
All in all, this is an illuminating and enjoyable read. There is one section on the later Merovingian kings where the number of unpronounceable names becomes a real stumbling block, and the genealogical chart in the Kindle edition is not much help -- it appears to have been divided in two. But I learned a lot, and enjoyed doing so.
Carie Evans
5つ星のうち5.0
Excellent purchase
2016年7月30日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
The book came early and proved to be immaculate. I am very pleased with it.
kamen andonov
5つ星のうち5.0
Five Stars
2014年12月14日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
very good condition, very good supply
Brian Hawkinson
5つ星のうち4.0
A dry account of the Merovingian Dynasty
2007年5月21日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I was very hopeful when I started reading this, hopeful that I would finally find a book that could shed some light on an area of history shrouded in shadows. I must say that it fulfilled my hopes only partially, leaving me still wanting more on the subject.
The plus is that Geary certainly knows his history and we get a thorough account of the Merovingian dynasty and, later, the onset of the Carolingian dynasty. His knowledge of the period and the ruling aristocracy and how they affected change and policy is very thorough.
The negatives. First is that his account of this important time in European history is very dry with hardly any narrative. Just a little narrative would have injected much needed life into this history book. Second is that at times it seems that Geary is simply listing off names of people and places, which is very hard to keep straight on who they are. Name after name is paraded by and the relevance of who they are is lost in the combination of the dry account and the recital of facts. And finally the book is not chronological. To that I should say that history books don't have to be chronological, and I have read many books that aren't and they were great books. This is not the case here. In one chapter we read about a king, and by the end of the chapter he dies. Then the next chapter and several chapters down the road, this king keeps reappearing not in reference but as the subject. Add this to the other negative points and everything is hard to keep track of.
In regards to the body of the book, the first chapter is a boring read as Geary talks about taxes and burial sites and so on, not adding much to the overall history except as filler. The middle sections of the book are full of facts and if you carefully dissect them you could seemingly form a coherent timeline of events that took place. Finally, the final two chapters are what saved the book as these are the two that were the most coherent and straightforward. They still recited facts but this time there is a narrative added to it that helps explain and illustrate. It is because of these final two chapters that I give this a four star. I would recommend for the amount of facts listed, but I would look elsewhere for a good narrative history of the time period, one that has a little life to it.
3.75 stars.
The plus is that Geary certainly knows his history and we get a thorough account of the Merovingian dynasty and, later, the onset of the Carolingian dynasty. His knowledge of the period and the ruling aristocracy and how they affected change and policy is very thorough.
The negatives. First is that his account of this important time in European history is very dry with hardly any narrative. Just a little narrative would have injected much needed life into this history book. Second is that at times it seems that Geary is simply listing off names of people and places, which is very hard to keep straight on who they are. Name after name is paraded by and the relevance of who they are is lost in the combination of the dry account and the recital of facts. And finally the book is not chronological. To that I should say that history books don't have to be chronological, and I have read many books that aren't and they were great books. This is not the case here. In one chapter we read about a king, and by the end of the chapter he dies. Then the next chapter and several chapters down the road, this king keeps reappearing not in reference but as the subject. Add this to the other negative points and everything is hard to keep track of.
In regards to the body of the book, the first chapter is a boring read as Geary talks about taxes and burial sites and so on, not adding much to the overall history except as filler. The middle sections of the book are full of facts and if you carefully dissect them you could seemingly form a coherent timeline of events that took place. Finally, the final two chapters are what saved the book as these are the two that were the most coherent and straightforward. They still recited facts but this time there is a narrative added to it that helps explain and illustrate. It is because of these final two chapters that I give this a four star. I would recommend for the amount of facts listed, but I would look elsewhere for a good narrative history of the time period, one that has a little life to it.
3.75 stars.