8.15: Primary Sources and materials
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Western Europe
The Conversion of Clovis (two accounts), 496 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/496clovis.asp
The Battle of Tours (three accounts), 732 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/732tours.asp
Einhard's Life of Charlemagne, c. 830 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/einhard1.asp
Ravages of the Norseman in Frankland (three accounts), 843-912 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/843bertin.asp
Eastern Europe
Procopius, The Plague, 542 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/542procopius-plague.asp
John of Damascus, In Defense of Images, 730 CE
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/johndam-icons.asp
Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century by Irfan Shahid. (secondary source)
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/med/shahid.asp