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Jean Décarreaux; trans. Charlotte Haldane.
Monks and Civilization, From the Barbarian Invasions to the Reign of Charlemagne.
Published London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964 (French edn. was 1962).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Simon Shand Ltd., London, Hertford & Harlow.
Size: 146x221x28mm.
Page count: text 397pp; plates 15pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is rather rubbed, some wear at its edges and corners, spine a bit discoloured, price-clipped on the front flyleaf; the book has some faded patches on its spine, and the page edges are yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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Weight without packaging: 609g.

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Contents: Humanism & Monasticism; Civilization in peril; Epic of the desert; Conquest of the west; Monasticism & the Celtic clans; Monte Cassino, beacon of the west; Anglo-Saxon Benedictines — Italian revival; Barbarians on the road to civilization.

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 15 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 5
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 12pp
Index: yes

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