The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918

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LibriVox recording of The Dawn of Mediaeval Europe: 476-918 by John Howard Bertram Masterman. Read in English by Pamela Nagami This volume by the British historian J.H.B. Masterman (1867-1933) is a short survey of the first four centuries after the fall of Rome. The author writes of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, who sought to impose order on a shattered Italy, of the rise of the Franks under Clovis, and of the resurgence of the Eastern Empire under Justinian and his general, Belisarius. At the close of the book, Charlemagne's descendants are wrangling for power among themselves, while, writes Masterman, from "the north came the Norsemen, ravaging and plundering along every river valley which their long ships could sail; from the south came the Saracens, the pirates of the Mediterranean, and ... a foe more fierce and implacable still appeared on the eastern frontier in the Magyars or Hungarians." - Summary by Pamela Nagami For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit Libri…

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John Howard Bertram Masterman

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librivox; audiobooks;Charlemagne; Franks; Islam; clovis; theodoric; benedict of nursia; columban; lombards; charles martel; battle of poitiers; pippin; byzantine empire; norsemen; saracens; magyars

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