{"product_id":"9781041366447","title":"Becoming Europe: Archaeology and the Making of the Middle Ages","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMedieval World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBecoming Europe: Archaeology and the Making of the Middle Ages\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard Hodges\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Medieval\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book uses 50 years of modern archaeology to re-examine Henri Pirenne’s canonical thesis,\u003cem\u003e Mohammed, Charlemagne\u003c\/em\u003e (1937\/39). It advances a new paradigm using material evidence to reinterpret the established narrative of the post-Roman creation of Europe, which is based upon written sources produced by ecclesiastical authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book begins by setting out the historiographical argument and the archaeological and anthropological methods used to make sense of the material evidence. It then shows how a so-called temple society emerged in Late Antiquity and, through overweening concerns with the afterlife, set in motion not just the collapse of the Roman world but also the creation of new political forces, first in Ireland and then in emergent Anglo-Saxon England. Pivoting on events in the later 7th century in England and Frisia, it traces the subsequent evolution of the temple society in Francia and its fundamental importance to Charlemagne’s cultural and economic revolution that, through many innovations, shaped Medieval Europe. Finally, the narrative examines the immediate aftermath of the end of the temple society in the 10th and 11th centuries. Emphasis is then placed on the role of external forces, the Vikings in north-west Europe and the Arabs in the Mediterranean, as instigators of economic changes that became embedded in European town and country life after the turn of the millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnding with a compelling call for a revision of our contemporary European concerns in an increasingly nationalist era, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of medieval European history and medieval archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Hodges\u003c\/b\u003e OBE is Emeritus President of The American University of Rome. His publications include \u003ci\u003eDark Age Economics \u003c\/i\u003e(1982\/2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Achievement \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), (as co-author) \u003ci\u003eVilla to Village \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to the Vikings\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003ePlacemaking in Mediterranean Archaeology \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), \u003ci\u003eButrint. At the Crossroads of the Mediterranean \u003c\/i\u003e(2025), and\u003ci\u003e The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns \u003c\/i\u003e(2025) He has directed excavations in England, Albania, and Italy. He has been Scientific Director of the Butrint Foundation, Director of the British School at Rome, and Williams Director of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041366447\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e634\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63534036549772,"sku":"9781041366447","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041366447","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}