Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 The EmpireFrontiers BarbariansNon-RomansNames and Clothing
Roman Society
Religion
Chapter 2
The western Mediterranean till the mid-sixth century
Italy
Africa
Spain
Chapter 3
From Gaul to France
Newcomers and the old establishment
Clovis
The sixth century
Franks and indigenes
Centre and peripheries
Control of resources
The north
Changes
Chapter 4
From Britain to England
Roman Britain
Newcomers
Indigenes and newcomers
Newcomers and indigenes
Frankish influence
Irish influence
Mediterranean influence
Monarchy
Old and new
Chapter 5
The western Mediterranean post-Justinian
Byzantium and the West
Africa
Italy
Spain
Chapter 6
South of the Danube
The fifth century
The loss of Noricum
Justinian
Slaves and Avars
The seventh century
Thessaloniki
The Empire fights back
Bulgars
Chapter 7
The East to 661
A city and its empire
The Arabs
Muhammand
Persians and Jews
Preparation for expansion
Expansion begins
The initial impact of the Arabs
Chapter 8
The East from 661
The new regime
Expansion to the west
Buildings
Iconoclasm
The balance of Power
Co-existence and apocalypse
Structural change
Chapter 9
Systems great and small
The Pirenne thesis I
World Systems
The Pirenne thesis II
The Mediterranean
The west looks back
Retrospect and prospect
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

John Moorhead is McCaughey Professor of History at the University of Queensland. He has published widely in the field of ancient and medieval history.