ENGLISH

The Vandals (The Peoples of Europe)

By Richard Miles , Andrew Merrills

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2010
ISBN
1405160683, 9781405160681
LCC
D139 .M47 2010
Open Library ID
OL23621986M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2432771 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
351\367
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including:Political and economic structures  such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raidingThe extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apartThe nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender perspective.

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