A conversation with Robin Fleming about how the lives and material circumstances of people in Roman Britain changed when the imperial state and its economy withdrew from the island in the fifth century AD. Among other topics, we talk about food, skills, recycling of materials, and adaptation.
Robin Fleming is a Professor of history at Boston College, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a leading historian of early medieval England. You can learn more about Robin’s research on her Academia.edu webpage or follow her on Twitter @Medieval_Things.
A conversation with Robin Fleming about how the lives and material circumstances of people in Roman Britain changed when the imperial state and its economy withdrew from the island in the fifth century AD. Among other topics, we talk about food, skills, recycling of materials, and adaptation.
Robin Fleming is a Professor of history at Boston College, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a leading historian of early medieval England. You can learn more about Robin’s research on her Academia.edu webpage or follow her on Twitter @Medieval_Things.
The conversation is based on Robin’s recent book The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 AD (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). See also her book Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise of the Middle Ages, c. 400–c. 1070.
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website.
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