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- Barbarism and Religion
- Barbarism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Advice to readers
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Constantinian Empire
- Part II The Church in the Empire
- Part III The Interlude of Julian
- Part IV Barbarism: The First Catastrophe
- Part V The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Last Emperor
- Part VI The Barbarisation of the West
- Part VII After the Fall: Towards a History Not Written
- 21 Ends and beginnings: the conclusion of Gibbon’s third volume
- 22 The barbarian kingdoms and their laws: the beginnings of a medieval history
- 23 TheGeneral Observations
- 24 Gibbon’s first trilogy and its successor volumes. Conclusion of the present series
- Bibliography
- Index
22 - The barbarian kingdoms and their laws: the beginnings of a medieval history
from Part VII - After the Fall: Towards a History Not Written
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- Barbarism and Religion
- Barbarism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Advice to readers
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Constantinian Empire
- Part II The Church in the Empire
- Part III The Interlude of Julian
- Part IV Barbarism: The First Catastrophe
- Part V The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Last Emperor
- Part VI The Barbarisation of the West
- Part VII After the Fall: Towards a History Not Written
- 21 Ends and beginnings: the conclusion of Gibbon’s third volume
- 22 The barbarian kingdoms and their laws: the beginnings of a medieval history
- 23 TheGeneral Observations
- 24 Gibbon’s first trilogy and its successor volumes. Conclusion of the present series
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Barbarism and Religion , pp. 456 - 488Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015