TY - BOOK AU - Ralph H. Pinder-Wilson AU - David Talbot AU - David Oates AU - Sirarpie Der Nersessian AU - Cyril A.Mango AU - J.M.Hussey AU - Tamara Talbot Rice AU - Donald A.Bullough AU - William Culican AU - Peter Lasko AU - David M.Wilson AU - Charles Thomas AU - Philip Grierson AU - Denys Hay TI - The Dawn of European Civilization: The Dark Ages U1 - 914.031 PY - 1965/// CY - USA PB - McGraw-Hill KW - English KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Art, Medieval KW - Middle Ages KW - General N1 - Introduction. The myth of the 'Dark Ages' / David Talbot Rice -- Beyond the frontiers of Rome: the rise and fall of Sasanian Iran / David Oates -- The empire of the Prophet: Islam and the tide of Arab conquest / R.H. Pinder-Wilson -- Between West and East: Armenia and its divided history / Sirarpie der Nersessian -- The heir of Rome: Byzantium frm Justinian to Theophilus / Cyril Mango -- The Christian citadel: The Byzantine world of the ninth and tenth centuries / J.M. Hussey -- The crucible of peoples: Eastern Europe and the rise of the Slavs / Tamara Talbot Rice -- Germanic Italy: the Ostrogothic and Lombard kingdoms / Donald Bullough -- 'The ends of the Earth': Spain under the Visigoths and Moors / William Culican -- Prelude to empire: The Frankish kingdom from the Merovingians to Pepin / Peter Lasko -- From the vigorous North: the Norsemen and their forerunners / David M. Wilson -- The coveted isles: Celtic Britain and the Anglo-Saxons / Charles Thomas -- The great king: Charlemagne and the Carolingian achievement / Philip Grierson -- After Charlemagne: The empire under the Ottomans / Donald Bullough -- The concept of Christendom: Medieval Europe takes shape / Denys Hay -- Chronological chart -- Select bibliography -- List and sources of illustrations -- Index ER -