Die Alpen im Frühmittelalter Die Geschichte eines Raumes in den Jahren 500 bis 800

• Main Author: Winckler, Katharina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: History; Alps; Transformation of the Roman World; Early middle Ages; Culture; Economy; Power Structures; Alpen; Frühmittelalter; Slawen; Spätantike
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book follows a new path of describing the Alps from the years 500 to 800. Instead of running through this mountain range from east to west (or reverse) and writing one local history after the other, relevant patterns were captured: patterns of control, borders, communication routes, Christendom...