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Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered.
by Wells, Peter S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0393060756
- ISBN 13
- 9780393060751
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, 2008. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket (little rubbed). 240 pp. This book looks at the Dark Ages in Europe through the benefit of archaeological material from the first millennium, and gives a powerful rich alternative picture. The author shows that the time known as the Dark Ages - the 5th through 8th Centuries - was anything but dark. It was a time of great cultural activity. First edition stated.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27435
- Title
- Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered.
- Author
- Wells, Peter S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393060756
- ISBN 13
- 9780393060751
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- ancient history, archeology, archaeology, dark ages, europe
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHEOLOGY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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