Merovingian Military Organization, 481-751

Author:

Bernard S. Bachrach

“This book will cause a commotion in the scholarly world. It will make everyone think and it will upset many assumptions that have been too easily accepted. All studies of early medieval institutions are based on conceptions of the Frankish army of the Merovingian period, and yet no thorough study of that army has ever been made before.”

Joseph R. Strayer, Princeton University

Bernard S. Bachrach is a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

“This book will cause a commotion in the scholarly world. It will make everyone think and it will upset many assumptions that have been too easily accepted. All studies of early medieval institutions are based on conceptions of the Frankish army of the Merovingian period, and yet no thorough study of that army has ever been made before.”

Joseph R. Strayer, Princeton University