The Merovingian centuries were a foundational period in the historical consciousness of western Europe, and their stories were shaped through a process of histo

The studies collected here cover a period of about 33 years, from 1986 to 2019, and represent a sustained effort to understand the institutions of the Merovingi

This pioneering study explores early medieval Frankish identity as a window into the formation of a distinct Western conception of ethnicity. Focusing on the tu

This book reassesses the role of the Franks in the early medieval world by studying their relationship to Byzantium and the significance attributed to the Roman

The conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, occurring in the golden glint of the sunset of the Ancient World, was not a concluding chapter but an openin