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Merovingian Gaul:

Did it mean the same thing to be a ‘Frank’ in 450 as in 751?

How far, and why, did the senatorial

aristocracy survive into the seventh century in the former empire in the West?

General:

‘The so-called ‘barbarian settlements’ did not involve great upheaval’ [BROWN]. If not, why not [1999]

In what way did the Germanic warrior ethos evolve under the influence of Roman and sub-Roman culture? (1996)

Which had more lasting effect, the barbarisation of the Roman world or the romanisation of the barbarians? (1995)

‘Ethnic identities were fluid and unstable, but this did not lessen their importance for contemporaries’. Discuss (1995).

Discuss the power exercised by the legacy of Rome, with reference to one or more societies or institutions (1995).

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