Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 1039 pages) |
Contents |
Political Development -- Introduction: sources and interpretation / Rosamond McKitterick -- England, 700-900 / Simon Keynes -- Ireland, Scotland and Wales, c. 700 to the early eleventh century / Donnchadh Ó Corráin -- England and the Continent / Rosamond McKitterick -- Frankish Gaul to 814 / Paul Fouracre -- The Frankish kingdoms, 814-898: the West / Janet L. Nelson -- The Frankish Kingdoms, 817-911: the East and Middle Kingdoms / Johannes Fried -- Fines Imperii: the Marches / Julia M.H. Smith -- The Vikings in Francia and Anglo-Saxon England to 911 / Simon Coupland -- Scandinavia, c. 700-1066 / Niels Lund -- Slavs and Bulgars / Jonathan Shepard -- The Muslims in Europe / Hugh Kennedy -- Spain: the northern kingdoms and the Basques, 711-910 / Roger Collins -- Lombard and Carolingian Italy / Paolo Delogu -- Byzantine Italy, c. 680-c. 876 / T.S. Brown -- Byzantium and the west, 700-900 / Michael McCormick -- Government and Institutions -- Kingship and royal government / Janet L. Nelson -- The aristocracy / Stuart Airlie -- Social and military institutions / Hans-Werner Goetz -- Economic Organisation / Adriaan Verhulst -- Rural society in Carolingian Europe / Chris Wickham -- Money and coinage / Mark Blackburn -- Church and Society -- The papacy in the eighth and ninth centuries / Thomas F.X. Noble -- The organisation, law and liturgy of the western church, 700-900 / Roger E. Reynolds -- Carolingian monasticism: the power of prayer / Mayke de Jong -- Religion and lay society / Julia M.H. Smith -- Culture and Intellectual Developments -- Eighth-century foundations / Rosamond McKitterick -- Language and Communication in Carolingian Europe / Michel Banniard -- The Carolingian renaissance: education and literary culture / John J. Contreni -- Theology and the organisation of thought / David Ganz -- Book production in the Carolingian empire and the spread of Caroline minuscule / David Ganz -- Art and architecture / Lawrence Nees -- Conclusion / Rosamond McKitterick -- Genealogical Tables -- Primary Sources |
Summary |
This volume covers the period of Frankish and Carolingian dominance in western Europe. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the authors consider developments in Europe as a whole and how power and authority actually worked |
Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed 10 July, 2009) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Middle Ages.
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Civilization, Medieval
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Middle Ages
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SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- 476-1492. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045690
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Subject |
Europe
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McKitterick, Rosamond
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ISBN |
9780511468872 |
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0511468873 |
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9781139055710 |
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1139055712 |
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9781139055710 |
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