Rome, the barbarians, and the fate of western Europe
The Transformation of the Roman West. A new Roman order: state, church and society in the late empire ; Barbarians, the Roman frontier and the crisis of the western empire ; The fifth century west and the 'fall of Rome' .
The End of the Ancient Mediterranean. The western Mediterranean in the age of 'reconquest' ; Arabs, Avars and amphoras: causes and consequences of imperial collapse.
Kingdoms and Communities in the Post-Roman West. Hispania and Italy: contrasting communities ; Gaul and Germany: the Merovingian world ; Britain and Ireland: kings and peoples.
The Carolingian Moment: Western Europe in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. 'The invincible race of the Franks ': conquest, Christianisation and Carolingian kingship ; 'Peace, unity, and concord among the Christian people' : Carolingian order and its architects ; Paradoxes of empire: western Europe in the ninth century.
The sword, the plough and the book.
