TY - BOOK AU - Wells,Peter S. TI - Barbarians to angels: the Dark Ages reconsidered SN - 9780393060751 (hbk.) AV - D117 .W45 2008 U1 - 940.1/2 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Middle Ages KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Europe KW - History KW - 476-1492 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index; Between antiquity and the Middle Ages: what happened? -- The decline of the Roman Empire -- The peoples of Europe -- Childeric and other early Dark Age kings -- What happened to the Roman cities? -- Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic: continuity and change (A.D. 43-800) -- New centers in the North -- The revolution in the countryside -- Crafting tools and ornaments for the new societies -- Royal exchange and everyday trade -- Spread of the new religion -- Arts, scholarship, and education -- Charlemagne's elephant and the history of Europe UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008002501.html ER -