The Vandals
The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including: Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raiding; The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart; The nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender
History
1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
9781444318081, 9786612691164, 9781282691162, 9781444318074, 144431808X, 6612691166, 1282691163, 1444318071
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The Vandals in history
From the Danube to Africa
Ruling the Vandal kingdom, A.D. 435-534
Identity and ethnicity in the Vandal kingdom
The Vandal kingdom and the wider world, 439-534
The economy of Vandal Africa
Religion and the Vandal kingdom
Cultural life under the Vandals
Justinian and the end of the Vandal kingdom
English