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| Author | Christopher Wickham |
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| Subject | Medieval studies |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 8 December 2005 |
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| Pages | 1,018 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0-1992-6449-0 |
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400–800 is a 2005 history book by English historian Christopher Wickham at the University of Oxford. It is a broad history of the period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the transition to the Middle Ages, often called Late Antiquity.
The book won the 2005 Wolfson History Prize, the 2006 Deutscher Memorial Prize, and the 2006 James Henry Breasted Prize from the American Historical Association.
According to Chris Wickham's website, the book will "lead into a general study of the early middle ages for Penguin books." This book, titled The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000, was published on March 24, 2009.
Notes
- Website.
- Product Listing. Amazon.ca. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
Editions
- Hardcover, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-926449-0
- Paperback, ISBN 978-0-19-921296-5
External links
Reviews
- Costambeys, Marios (May 2006). "Review". The Economic History Review. 59 (2): 417–419. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00351_17.x.
- Harman, Chris (February 2006). "Review". International Socialism. 109.
- Hines, John (November 2006). "Review". Medieval Archaeology. 50 (1): 401–404. doi:10.1179/174581706x153507.
- Roach, Andrew (2007). "Reviews in history: Book review". history.ac.uk. The Institute of Historical Research.
- Sarris, Peter (July 2006). "Continuity and Discontinuity in the Post-Roman Economy". Journal of Agrarian Change. 6 (3): 400–413. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0366.2006.00127.x.
- Schwarz, Benjamin. "Review". The Atlantic Monthly. via Powell's Books. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2007.
- Shaw, Brent D. (May–June 2008). "After Rome: Transformations of the Early Mediterranean World". New Left Review. II (51). New Left Review: 89–114.