The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least well known periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul
The Merovingian centuries were a foundational period in the historical consciousness of western Europe, and their stories were shaped through a process of histo
This book examines one region of north-eastern Gaul around Metz in the period between the end of the Roman Empire and the accession of Charlemagne. It adopts a
Roman identity is one of the most interesting cases of social identity because in the course of time, it could mean so many different things: for instance, Gree