"Clear and concise survey."--James Grier, Yale University
"An excellent guide to the Merovingian world, especially for my
beginning graduate students!"--Coor, University of Arkansas
"A history of the transformation of the Roman provincial
world....All archaelogists will be grateful to the author for this
large and beautifully produced work, since there has been no
comparable publication...Geary is a gifted synthesizer."--Classical
World
"A marvelous synthesis and competent survey of Northern Europe
after the German tribes entered the Roman Empire...Geary wrote this
clearly and simply which makes it valuable for both an
undergraduate and graduate audience."--Louis Haas, Duquesne
University
"Full of insights, related in clear and concise form, in a manner
likely to appeal to and enlighten undergraduates. It will arouse a
new interest in a period relatively neglected, even by
medievalists."--Karen Nicholes, State University of New York,
Oswego
"This is a reliable and readable synthesis that makes good sense of
recent research."--T. N. Bisson, Harvard University
"A fine and important book. Geary really does know the literature
in all the relevant languages. He is not merely a gifted
synthesizer; he is one of the research scholars in the field. I
would adopt it; I have been waiting for such a survey."--Edward
Peters, University of Pennsylvania
"An excellent survey of the Merovingian period. The...integration
of perspectives from political, social, and religious history along
with material culture and archaeology explains Merovingian
civilization clearly and ...brings the Merovingians to
life."--Karen Gould, University of Texas at Austin
"The first book of its kind in English...very good. It steers a
sensible course through minefields of controversy."--Thomas F.X.
Noble, University of Virginia
"A very revealing yet succinct account of a topic long considered
confused if not irrelevant. Geary's synthesis is based upon firm
control of early medieval sources and modern scholarship."--Harry
Rosenberg, Colorado State University
"Superb. The best summary of the migration period and the
transformation of the Gallo-Germanic world I have seen. Recommended
highly for all classes in early Europe, from Medieval surveys to
advanced levels. It can be read with profit by those working in
European archaeology!"--Bruce Kraig, Roosevelt University
"Offers a synthesis of the period of great originality and
explanatory power....It goes without saying that the book will
become a part of my syllabi, for both graduate and undergraduate
courses. It was a great pleasure to read...and it will be a great
pleasure to teach it in the years to come."--Barbara Rosenwein,
Loyola University of Chicago
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