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| Author | Christopher Wickham |
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| Subject | Medieval studies |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 8 December 2005 |
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| Pages | 1,018 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-0-1992-6449-0 |
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400–800 is a 2005 history book by English historianChristopher Wickham at theUniversity of Oxford. It is a broad history of the period between thefall of the Western Roman Empire and the transition to theMiddle Ages, often calledLate Antiquity.
The book won the 2005Wolfson History Prize, the 2006Deutscher Memorial Prize, and the 2006James Henry Breasted Prize from theAmerican Historical Association.
According to Chris Wickham's website,[1] the book will "lead into a general study of the early middle ages for Penguin books." This book, titledThe Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000, was published on March 24, 2009.[2]
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