| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Literacy in Carolingian government -- The last years of Louis the Pious -- Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia -- Ninth-century knighthood: the evidence of Nithard -- Translating images of authority: the Christian Roman emperors in the Carolingian world -- The Lord's annointed and the people's choice: Carolingian royal ritual -- 'Not Bishops' bailiffs but Lords of the earth: Charles the Bald and the problem of sovereignity -- Making ends meet: wealth and poverty in the Carolingian church -- The intellectual in politics: context, content, and authorship in the capitulary of Coulaines, November 843 -- Rewriting the history of the Franks -- Gender and genre in women historians of the early middle ages -- Women and the world in the earlier Middle Ages -- Women at the court of Charlemagne: a case of monstrous regiment? |
| Summary |
In these essays Carolingian government is explored through the workings of courts and assemblies; through administrative texts; through contemporaries' historical writing; through the rituals, looking back to Roman times and reflecting the long continuity of administration in the areas constituting Francia that supplemented and reinforced social and political solidarities; and through the ideological and material dilemmas confronted by ninth-century churchmen: the material wealth of the church, a necessary precondition to its influence, attracted a variety of private interests that inhibited i |
| Analysis |
France History, 486-987 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Carolingians.
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Franks -- France -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Carolingians
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Franks
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Kings and rulers -- Influence
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Politics and government
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Frankische rijk.
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Franken (volk)
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História da frança -- 750-900.
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Francos.
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Influence
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France -- Politics and government -- To 987.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051451
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95047680 |
| ISBN |
9780826422125 |
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0826422128 |
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9781472540690 |
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1472540697 |
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