Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376-568

Guy Halsall is Professor of History at the University of York.

• Part I. Romans and Barbarians in the Imperial World: 1. Introduction: how the west was lost and where it got us; 2. Defining identities; 3. The late Roman Empire in the west; 4. Society beyond the frontier; 5. Romans and Barbarians before 376; Part II. A World Renegotiated: Western Europe, 376–526: 6. 376–82: The Gothic crisis; 7. 383–410: The crisis of the empire; 8. 410–55: The triumph of the generals; 9. 455–80: The parting of Gaul and Italy; 10. 480–550: Kingdoms of the empire; 11. Provincial society in the long fifth century; 12. Beyond the old frontier; Part III. Romans and Barbarians in the Post-Imperial World: 13. Mechanisms of migration and settlement; 14. New kingdoms, new identities, new peoples?; 15. The roots of failure: a changed world.

'… the rich and complex work of a meticulous, original, and daring historian, … Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West should be read by anyone interested the early middle ages, the historical use of archaeological evidence, theories and practices of ethnicity, and finally, in Roman Empire and its ultimate collapse.' Speculum