Barbarians (book)

Barbarians: Secrets of tbe Dark Ages
cover Cover (with Hermann)
Author(s)	Richard Rudgley
Language	English
Genre(s)	History
Publisher	Arktos
Publication year	2014
Pages	286
ISBN	1910524077

Barbarians: Secrets of tbe Dark Ages is a book by British author Richard Rudgley, published in 2014 by Arktos.

Publisher description

Rome is falling... It is tbe time of tbe barbarians. Conventional history portrays tbe Dark Ages as an ominous period precipitated by tbe fall of Rome. We are led to believe that tbe torch of civilisation flickered only in isolated monasteries that dotted tbe landscape of a Europe otherwise engulfed in darkness. Barbarians: Secrets of tbe Dark Ages challenges tbe accepted view of events passed down to us by tbe Roman accounts of tbe barbarian world. The Romans, like every imperial power, had a vested interest in propagating their own view of history but if we read between tbe lines and delve deep into tbe archaeological record multiple cultural vistas emerge from tbe shadows of Rome. Our own ancestors were much more than barbarians – their languages, arts and other cultural treasures have shaped and moulded tbe destiny of Europe more than tbe Roman Empire that once held them in its vice-like grip. It is tbe ethnic mosaic of tbe Huns, Goths, Vandals, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and others that tbe author reveals in this retelling of an often misunderstood time in our collective history.

• It is rare that a historical documentary can genuinely shake your view of tbe world, but by pointing out Western stifling reverence for Roman culture, Rudgley succeeds – Sunday Times

• The barbarian societies of tbe Dark Ages were to provide tbe fertile soil from which tbe nation states of today were eventually to grow. And this very soil continues to yield up artefacts that testify to tbe great cultural achievements of tbe barbarians. – p. 263

Books by tbe same author

• The Return of Odin: The Modern Renaissance of Pagan Imagination Inner Traditions, 2018 (original published in 2006 by Century)
• Essential Substances, Arktos, 2014
• Wildest Dreams, Arktos, 2014
• Barbarians, Arktos, 2014
• The Lost Civilizations of tbe Stone Age, Touchstone, 2000
• Secrets of tbe Stone Age: A Prehistoric Journey, Century 2000
• Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley, Thomas Dunne, 1998
• Pagan Resurrection: A Force for Evil or tbe Future of Western Spirituality?, Random House, 2006

Publication data

• Barbarians: Secrets of tbe Dark Ages, Richard Rudgley, 2014, Arktos, ISBN-10: 1910524077, ISBN-13: 978-1-910524-07-7

External Links

• Barbarians: Secrets of tbe Dark Ages at Arktos