Title The Long Morning of Medieval Europe : New Directions in Early Medieval Studies

Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (366 pages) Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; The Early Middle Ages: Europe's Long Morning; Part One; Discovering the Early Medieval Economy; 1 Rethinking the Structure of the Early Medieval Economy; 2 Strong Rulers -- Weak Economy? Rome, the Carolingians and the Archaeology of Slavery in the First Millennium AD; 3 The Beginnings of Hilltop Villages in Early Medieval Tuscany; 4 Molecular Middle Ages: Early Medieval Economic History in the Twenty-First Century 5 The Early Medieval Economy: Data, Production, Exchange and DemandPart Two; Sounding Early Medieval Holiness; 6 Latin Hagiography before the Ninth Century: A Synoptic View; 7 Donationes pro anima: Gift and Countergift in the Early Medieval Liturgy; 8 The Early Medieval Transformation of Piety; Part Three; Representation and Reality in the Artistry of Early Medieval Literature; 9 Observations on Early Medieval Weather in General, Bloody Rain in Particular; 10 The King Says No: On the Logic of Type-Scenes in Late Antique and Early Medieval Narrative 11 Of Arms and the (Ger)man: Literary and Material Culture in the Waltharius12 Representations and Reality in Early Medieval Literature; Part Four; Practices of Power in an Early Medieval Empire; 13 Charlemagne and Empire; 14 A Pattern for Power: Charlemagne's Delegation of Judicial Responsibilities; 15 Practices of Property in the Carolingian Empire; 16 The Cunning of Institutions; Part Five; The Intellectuality of Early Medieval Art; 17 Charlemagne's Balcony: The Solarium in Ninth-Century Narratives; 18 Image and Object: Christ's Dual Nature and the Crisis of Early Medieval Art Summary "Invited to think about what seemed to each the most exciting new ways of investigating the early development of western European civilization, this impressive group of international scholars produced a wide-ranging discussion of innovative types of research that define tomorrow's field today. The contributors, many of whom rarely publish in English, test approaches extending from using ancient DNA to deducing cultural patterns signified by thousands of medieval manuscripts of saints' lives. They examine the archaeology of slave labor, economic systems, disease history, transformations of piety, the experience of power and property, exquisite literary sophistication, and the construction of the meaning of palace spaces or images of the divinity. The book illustrates in an approachable style the vitality of research into the early Middle Ages, and the signal contributions of that era to the future development of western civilization."--Jacket Notes 19 Matter and Meaning in the Carolingian WorldIndex Print version record Subject Civilization, Medieval. Middle Ages. Civilization, Medieval -- Congresses Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Congresses Carolingians -- Congresses Civilization, Medieval -- Research -- Congresses Middle Ages -- Research -- Congresses Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Middle Ages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Carolingians Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval Civilization Civilization, Medieval Civilization, Medieval -- Research Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching Civilization -- Study and teaching Economic history Middle Ages Middle Ages -- Research Middle Ages -- Study and teaching Politics and government Social conditions Education SUBJECT Europe -- Civilization -- History Europe -- History -- To 476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045688 Europe -- History -- 476-1492. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045690 Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492 -- Congresses Europe -- Economic conditions -- To 1492 -- Congresses Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500 -- Congresses Europe -- Politics and government -- 476-1492 -- Congresses Europe -- Civilization -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Europe -- History -- To 476 -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Subject Europe Genre/Form Church history Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author McCormick, Michael ISBN 9781351886376 1351886371

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