Barbarians
Stuart Airlie, 17 November 1983
Medieval Germany and its Neighbours 900-1250
by K.J. Leyser.
Hambledon, 302 pp., £18, February 1983,0 907628 08 7 Show More
by K.J. Leyser.
Hambledon, 302 pp., £18, February 1983,
TheFrankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987
by Rosamond McKitterick.
Longman, 414 pp., £9.95, June 1983,0 582 49005 7 Show More
by Rosamond McKitterick.
Longman, 414 pp., £9.95, June 1983,
Ideal and Reality in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Society: Studies presented to J.M. Wallace-Hadrill
edited by Patrick Wormald, Donald Bullough and Roger Collins.
Blackwell, 345 pp., £27.50, September 1983,0 631 12661 9 Show More
edited by Patrick Wormald, Donald Bullough and Roger Collins.
Blackwell, 345 pp., £27.50, September 1983,
“... some Franks fondly imagined that their people had a Trojan origin. Both Dr McKitterick and Mr Leyser endeavour to see past such images, delusions and sheer propaganda in order to reveal a truer picture of barbarian Europe. For Dr McKitterick, the Carolingians were not a clan destined (or indeed legally entitled) to found an empire: rather, they were ... ”
