Screen LibraryThe vandals
"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 econ...
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| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples of Europe. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444318074 |
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"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 raiding; The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart; The nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender perspective"--EBL book details. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781444318081 (electronic bk.) 144431808X (electronic bk.) 9781444318074 1444318071 |
| Index Number: | D139 |
| CLC: | K13 |
| Contents: | The Vandals in history -- From the Danube to Africa -- Ruling the Vandal kingdom, A.D. 435-534 -- Identity and ethnicity in the Vandal kingdom -- Vandals in the wider world, 439-534 -- The economy of Vandal Africa -- Religion and the Vandal kingdom -- Cultural life under the Vandals -- Justinian and the end of the Vandal kingdom. |