xii, 259 pages : 22 cm

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. (BARNES & NOBLE)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index

The Roman West at the end of the fifth century -- The Barbarian World to the sixth century -- Romans and Franks in the Kingdom of Clovis -- Sixth-Century Francia -- Francia under Chlothar II and Dagobert I -- Merovingian Obsolenscence -- The legacy of Merovingian Europe

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