Peter Heather is Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. He is the author of The Fall of the Roman Empire, Goths and Romans, 332-489, The Goths, and The Visigoths in the Migration Period.
"An awesomely ambitious work: an attempt, in the heroic tradition
of Pirenne, to make sense of nothing less than the reshaping of
antiquity, and the origins of modern Europe.... Heather is a
wonderfully fluent writer, with a consistent ability to grab hold
of his reader's attention.... The result is a book which richly
merits reading by those interested in the future of Europe as well
as its past."--Tom Holland, BBC History Magazine
"Most immediately impressive is Heather's easy command of detail. A
jaunty, man of the people prose style masks a sure and scholarly
grip on the history and archaeology of the first millenniem A.D.
One of Heather's most attractive strengths is his eye for
comparision. He neatly sets his thinking about first-millennium
migration against modern experiences of the lure of the New World
or the desperate flight of Kosovar or Rwandan
refugees."--Christopher Kelly, Literary Review
"Peter Heather's book is an important contribution to the
field--the first up-to-date book that compares the Germanic and the
Slav migrations of the early middle ages. It is lucid and it has a
complex argument, but it is grippingly written."--Chris Wickham,
author of The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages,
400-1000
"This is a major work on the political and ethnic shaping of Europe
during the first millennium A.D., embracing not just the Germanic
and sub-Roman peoples, but also the Slavs and the Vikings. No one
interested in the formation of European states and identities will
be able to ignore this book."--Bryan Ward-Perkins, author of The
Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization
"Heather manages to robustly balance the need for both breadth and
depth. A superior piece of scholarship."-DiscoverMagazine.com
"While ambitious in scope, one of the delightful aspects of this
hefty volume is its eminent readability. Heather's writing is often
playful in style. This conversational and sometimes humorous tone,
combined with a knack for explaining complex ideas clearly, belies
the complexity of his argument and the sheer amount of information
conveyed." -Laura Wangerin, World History Bulletin "In addition to
offering a new way of looking at the broad trends of European
history, Heather also makes a major contribution to a long-standing
debate about the role of migration in the first
millennium...[Empire and Barbarians'] range, its highly important
themes, and the boldness and clarity of its writing should
stimulate argument and advance debate for years to come." -Edward
James, American Historical Review "Empires and Barbarians is a
significant accomplishment and a welcome gateway for the curious as
well as the deeply informed." --HNN.com
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