The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918
Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
John Howard Bertram Masterman
(4,607 Sterne; 61 Bewertungen)
This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The author writes of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who sought to impose order on a shattered Italy, of the rise of the Franks under Clovis, and of the resurgence of the Eastern Empire under Justinian and his general, Belisarius. At the close of the book, Charlemagne's descendants are wrangling for power among themselves, while, writes Masterman, from "the north came the Norsemen, ravaging and plundering along every river valley which their long ships could sail; from the south came the Saracens, the pirates of the Mediterranean, and ... a foe more fierce and implacable still appeared on the eastern frontier in the Magyars or Hungarians." - Summary by Pamela Nagami (6 hr 48 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Chubber
(5 Sterne)
This is a nice precis on the people and places of Europe, with a focus on English, Italian and French history. I especially enjoyed the chapter on the Vikings and Saracens, that was a better summary than I have seen elsewhere. PN, another 5 star job!
A LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL
AVID READER
(5 Sterne)
A very fine work which furnishes much_needed scholarly order for this chaotic period in the formation of modern Europe. The level narration by PN is always a plus.
Excellent overview, very well read
kat
(5 Sterne)
Really enjoyed this book and the reader, learned a lot about a period I did not know much about.
Good narration & rich content
Berserkur
(5 Sterne)
Good narration & rich content