Synopses & Reviews
"Thorough and convincing... likely to become the standard work on the subject." --Library Journal
"Highly readable." --Medieval Literature
"A major work of synthesis." --Walter E. Kaegi
"Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." --Antiquaries Journal
Synopsis
"Thorough and convincing... likely to become the standard work on the subject." --Library Journal
"Highly readable." --Medieval Literature
"A major work of synthesis." --Walter E. Kaegi
"Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." --Antiquaries Journal
Synopsis
Thorough and convincing . . . likely to become the standard work on the subject. --Library Journal
Highly readable. --Medieval Literature
A major work of synthesis. --Walter E. Kaegi
Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths. --Antiquaries Journal
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
ABBREVIATIONS
1. Rome and the Northern Barbarians
2. The Presettlement Phase
3. Bondage and Struggle
4. Theodoric's Kingdom Surveyed
5. The Metamorphosis of Ostrogothic Society
6. Religion
7. Leadership and Government
8. Warriors and the Military System
9. The End of the Ostrogothic Kingdom
Epilogue
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX