The Vandals is the first book available in the English
Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall
of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history
provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects
of the society including:




Political and economic structures such as the complex
foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages
with brutal raiding



The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning,
and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state
apart



The nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender
perspective.