Short description 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. The book examines 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 perspective is also discussed.
From the contents Preface
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Chapter 1: The Vandals in History
Chapter 2: From the Danube to Africa
Chapter 3: Ruling the Vandal Kingdom A.D. 435-534
Chapter 4: Identity and Ethnicity in the Vandal Kingdom
Chapter 5: Vandals in the Wider World, 439 - 534
Chapter 6: The Economy of Vandal Africa
Chapter 7: Religion and the Vandal Kingdom
Chapter 8: Cultural Life under the Vandals
Chapter 9: Justinian and the End of the Vandal Kingdom
