About the Author

Pierre Riche is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) and Former Director of the Center for Research in Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages. He is the author of Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Riche has managed to make an often confusing period of history accessible to the reader, and this is a considerable achievement."--Historia "Invaluable to those who need to disentangle the complex family relationships of those who controlled much of Europe for so many centuries."--American Historical Review