Thompson, E. A.

Overview

Works:	92 works in 433 publications in 10 languages and 8,996 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Church history Manuscripts Sources
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Dedicatee, Honoree, Contributor, Other

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about E. A Thompson

A Roman reformer and inventor : being a new text on the treatise, De rebus bellicis, with a translation and introduction by E.A. Thompson and a Latin index by Barbara Flower( Book )
Thompson, Edward A by Michigan( )

Most widely held works by E. A Thompson

Who was Saint Patrick? by E. A Thompson( Book )

18 editions published between 1985 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,830 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Everyone knows of St. Patrick, but what do we know about him? Simply that it was he who 'converted the Irish to Christianity'. The strange fact is that for two hundred years or so after his death, although his name was remembered with respect, everything else about him was forgotten." "E. A. Thompson pieces together the story of his life, drawing his evidence from the only real clues that exist, Patrick's own writings, not from the later Lives. He reveals him as coming from a well-to-do nominally Christian family in Britain, being captured by Irish raiders and forced into slavery in Co Mayo, converting to a most earnest Christianity, and eventually escaping from Ireland to the fulfilment of his calling. As a bishop, he is shown to have been a man of profound originality, and his writings - his Confession and his Letter to Coroticus - further display his character. It is no surprise that a host of legends became attached to his name, and the biography is completed with a look at some of those early legends."--Jacket

The Goths in Spain by E. A Thompson( Book )

58 editions published between 1961 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Romans and barbarians : the decline of the western empire by E. A Thompson( Book )

19 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in English and held by 892 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Examines the fall of the Roman Empire in the West from the barbarian perspective and experience. Standard interpretations of the decline of the Roman Empire in the West view the barbarian invaders as destroyers. Thompson, however, argues that the relationship between the invaders and the invaded was far more complex than the common interpretation would suggest

The Huns by E. A Thompson( Book )

37 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 838 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Appendices include a note on "The songs of the Huns."

The early Germans by E. A Thompson( Book )

20 editions published between 1965 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 817 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Visigoths in the time of Ulfila by E. A Thompson( Book )

32 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 734 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Ulfila was a fourth-century Christian bishop and missionary who first brought Christianity to the Goths. He is credited with having created the Gothic alphabet, and he wrote the earliest translation of the Bible into a Germanic language. In this classic and still valuable short study of early Christianity among the Goths, E.A. Thompson first described the background to the Visigoths' conversion from paganism, discussing their material culture, relations with the Roman Empire, social organization and religion. He went on to detail the conversion and its aftermath and to assess Ulfila's achievement in the earliest history of Christianity among the Germanic people. This second edition includes a new Foreword with additional bibliography by Michael Kulikowski, University of Tenessee, and an additional Appendix: 'The Life of St Saba', translated and annotated by John Matthews, Yale University."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Latin historians by T. A Dorey( Book )

18 editions published between 1966 and 1968 in English and held by 730 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of Attila and the Huns by E. A Thompson( Book )

39 editions published between 1948 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The historical work of Ammianus Marcellinus by E. A Thompson( Book )

31 editions published between 1947 and 1970 in English and held by 474 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Saint Germanus of Auxerre and the end of Roman Britain by E. A Thompson( Book )

15 editions published between 1984 and 1988 in English and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Roman reformer and inventor : being a new text of the treatise De rebus bellicis by E. A Thompson( Book )

22 editions published between 1952 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

De rebus bellicis( Book )

10 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Text on chiropractic spinography by E. A Thompson( Book )

9 editions published between 1919 and 1923 in English and held by 65 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The early Germans by E. A Thompson( Book )

10 editions published between 1965 and 1968 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Who was St. Patrick? by E. A Thompson( Book )

1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Roman reformer and inventor, being a new text of the treatise rebus bellicis( Book )

1 edition published in 1952 in Multiple languages and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Conflictos y estructuras sociales en la Hispania Antigua( Book )

1 edition published in 1977 in Spanish and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Los Godos en España by E. A Thompson( Book )

2 editions published between 1971 and 1979 in Spanish and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Storia di Attila e degli Unni by E. A Thompson( Book )

1 edition published in 1963 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Los godos en España by E. A Thompson( Book )

3 editions published between 1971 and 2007 in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide