Empires of faith : the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam, 500-700 / Peter Sarris.

Author: Sarris, Peter.

Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Descriptionxi, 428 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:The world that had been Rome -- The formation of post-Roman society -- The Romano-Germanic kingdoms: the era of Theoderic and Clovis -- The view from the East: crisis, survival, and renewal -- Byzantium, the Balkans, and the West: the late sixth century -- Religion and society in the age of Gregory the Great -- Heraclius, Persia and holy war -- The age of division -- The princes of the western nations.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p.[381]-412) and index.

Note:A panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam.

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