Far from Barbaric: Re-assessing the Sophistication of Merovingian Metalworking

JOM | August 1, 2005| | Copyright

The demise of the Roman Empire during the mid-fifth century A. D. resulted in the rise of one of Europe's longest ruling families of the Middle Ages: the Merovingians. The Merovingian dynasty lasted from the mid-fifth to the mid-eighth centuries A. D. and at its height controlled states that stretched across France, Belgium, Germany west of the Rhineland, and most of Switzerland. Archaeometallurgists used to believe that the state of metalworking technology declined after the demise of the Roman Empire. To assess the level of sophistication of metalworking during this period, a set of 36 iron ...

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