Peter Heather

A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians. In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all...

Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate. Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself...

Why Empires Fall poses a fundamental question: Why did Rome fall, and what lessons can it teach us about the decline of the West today? In this insightful exploration, a historian and a political economist delve into these pressing topics. Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium,...

The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. At its heart lies a new vision of Gothic...