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Description edit
Warfare was an integral part of early medieval life. It had a character of its own and was neither a pale shadow of Roman military practice nor an insignificant precursor to the warfare of the central middle ages. This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Charles Martel: Add a description of this character.
- Alfred
- Ripwin
- Arnulf
- Chlothar
- Gregory
- Wamba
- Innes
- Ashdown
- Theuderic
- Charles The Bald
- Lorsch
- Paul The Deacon
- Sigibert
- Aistulf
- Childebert
- Giselhelm
- Procopius
- Carloman
- Louis
- Guntramn
- Bachrach
- Henry
- Ganshof
- Pippin
- Beeler
- Imma
- Ratchis
Setting & Locations edit
- Ostrogothic Italy
- Merovingian Gaul
- Europe
- Anglo-saxon England
- West Francia
- Visigothic Spain
- Britain
- West Saxons
- Franks
- Fontenoy
- Middle Ages
- Germany
- Mercia
- Paris
- Scandinavia
- Bavaria
- Rome
- Aquitaine
- France
- Cynewulf
- Austrasia
- Saxony
- Ireland
- Asturias
- Northumbria
- London
- Alamannia
- Septimania
- Denmark
- East Anglia
- York
- Neustria
- Norway
- Prüm
- Friuli
- Alamannic
- Brissarthe
- Süntel
- Frankish Gaul
First Sentence edit
Early on the morning of Tuesday 18 October 841, Nithard, a Frankish aristocrat, indeed a grandson of the Emperor Charlemagne, sat down to write his account of the events of that year up to the great battle of Fontenoy, which had taken place on 25 June.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Guy Halsall (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355.00940902
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