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The Rise of the State Among Germans
How the German conquest of the Roman empire turned military chieftainship into kingship and gentile organs into state organs — and why the 'barbarian' Germans, with their living gentile institutions, could rejuvenate a dying Europe.
German numbers and the conquest of RomeFrom war chief to kingRetinues, benefices, and the germ of feudalismWhy barbarism rejuvenated Europe