H. Pirenne, Mohammed and Charlemagne ( London, 1968), dated but still interesting if read together with modern critiques such as Hodges and Whitehouse (see above) or A. Havighurst (ed.), The Pirenne Thesis ( rev. edn. Boston, Mass., 1969).
D. M. Wilson (ed.), The Northern World ( London, 1980), a beautifully illustrated guide, neglects the Roman background.
J. Campbell (ed.), The Anglo-Saxons ( London, 1982). A. P. Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD80-1000 ( London, 1984).
W. Davies, Wales in the Early Middle Ages ( Leicester, 1982). E. James, The Origins of France: from Clovis to the Capetians 5001000 ( London, 1982).
Z. Vana, The World of the Ancient Slavs ( London, 1983).
L. Musset, The Germanic Invasions: The Making of Europe AD 400-600 ( London, 1975), the best general guide to the subject.
S. Johnson, Later Roman Britain ( London, 1980).
J. N. L. Myres, The English Settlements ( Oxford, 1986).
J. N. Hillgarth, The Conversion of Western Europe, 350-750 ( 2nd edn. Philadelphia, 1986), an excellent collection of translated texts.
R. Van Dam, Leadership and Authority in Late Antique Gaul ( Berkeley, 1985), provides a subtle analysis of the development of Christianity in Gaul through the period of invasions.
J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, The Frankish Church ( Oxford, 1983).
Bede: The History of the English Church and People, trans. L. Sherley- Price and R. Latham ( Harmondsworth, 1968), a major text.
H. Mayr-Harting, The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England ( London, 1972), the best commentary on Bede.
K. Hughes, The Church in Early Irish Society ( London, 1966), discusses the conversion of Ireland.
L. Bieler, Ireland: Harbinger of the Middle Ages ( Oxford, 1963), treats also of the missions of the Irish abroad.
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