Heather Peter (Book order (chronological))

Heather Peter Book order (chronological)

This author primarily engages with medieval history, examining key events and societal structures of the era. Their work is characterized by deep analytical insight into the development of early medieval kingdoms and migration processes. They explore the impacts of major population movements on the political and cultural organization of Europe. Their approach offers new perspectives on the formation of medieval identity and statehood.

Rome Resurgent

408 pages
15 hours of reading

The era of the Emperor Justinian (527-68) intersects the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of rampant Arab invasions in the seventh. Determined to reverse the losses Rome suffered in the fifth century, Justinian's stubborn aggression in the face of all adversity, not least the plague, led the eastern Empire to overreach itself, making it vulnerable to the Islamic takeover of its richest territories in the seventh century, which turned the great East Roman Empire of late antiquity, into its pale Byzantine shadow of the Middle Ages. Rome Resurgent promises to introduce to a wide readership this fascinating but unjustly overlooked chapter in ancient warfare.

2018

4.2