From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms Book

	Introduction : Romans, barbarians, and the transformation of the Roman Empire	1
1	The crisis of European identity	33
2	Gothic history as historical ethnography	43
3	Origo et religio : ethnic traditions and literature in early medieval texts	70
4	Does the distant past impinge on the invasion age Germans?	91
5	Defining the Franks : Frankish origins in early medieval historiography	110
6	Telling the difference : signs of ethnic identity	120
7	Gender and ethnicity in the early Middle Ages	168
8	Grave goods and the ritual expression of identity	189
9	The barbarians in late antiquity and how they were accommodated in the West	235
10	Archaeologists and migrations : a problem of attitude?	262
11	Movers and shakers : the barbarians and the fall of Rome	277
12	Foedera and foederati of the fourth century	292
13	Cities, taxes, and the accommodation of the barbarians	309
14	The two faces of King Childeric : history, archaeology, historiography	327
15	Frankish victory celebrations	345
16	Administration, law, and culture in Merovingian Gaul	358
17	'Pax et disciplina' : Roman public law and the Merovingian state	376