The First Kingdom

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
List of maps and figures
Author’s note and acknowledgements
PART I: THE END OF HISTORY
	1. Late Romans
	2. The ruin
	3. Signs of life
	4. Of grub huts, urns and isotopes
	5. Of famine, sword and fire
	Chronography I: 350-500
		Abbreviations for primary sources
PART II: AFTER HISTORY
	6. Private enterprise
	7. Belongings
	8. Territories
	9. Horizons
	Chronography II: 500-635
		Abbreviations for primary sources
PART III: THE FIRST KINGDOM
	10. Duces bellorum; milites Christi
	11. Dynasts
	12. Overlords
	13. God-given kings
Appendix
	Tribal Hidage
Notes
	Part I: The End of History
	Chapter 1: Late Romans
	Chapter 2: The ruin
	Chapter 3: Signs of life
	Chapter 4: Of grub huts, urns and isotopes
	Chapter 5: Of famine, sword and fire
	Part II: After History
	Chapter 6: Private enterprise
	Chapter 7: Belongings
	Chapter 8: Territories
	Chapter 9: Horizons
	Part III: The First Kingdom
	Chapter 10: Duces bellorum; milites Christi
	Chapter 11: Dynasts
	Chapter 12: Overlords
	Chapter 13: God-given kings
Bibliography
Online primary sources
Image credits
About the Author
An Invitation from the Publisher