A great read, which gives you an overview of the barbarians that attacked Europe from Roman times to the Magyars of the 10th Century. It only covers the Mongols very lightly, including them as one of the many Steppe horse warrior cultures. The colour plates are also first rate. ( )

A good illustrated chronology of the forces in and around Europe following the fall of Rome and preceding the kingdom of France (the Dark Ages). ( )

3370. The Barbarians: Warriors & Wars of the Dark Ages, by Tim Newark (read Nov. 19, 2000) I read this hoping it would clarify the barbarian invasions for me, but it is slight and really quite generalizing. And, since it covers from 100 A.D. to 1241 it obviously cannot be too thorough. So I did not learn much from reading it. ( )