Settlement and Social Organization - The Merovingian Region of Metz

Klappentext An historical and archaeological examination of social organisation in the Merovingian region of Metz. Zusammenfassung This book is a regional study of what is now northern Lorraine during the period between the end of the Roman Empire and the accession of Charlemagne. Integrating historical and archaeological evidence! it argues that early medieval society was not stagnant but diverse and subject to constant change. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Social Organization: 2. Social organization: descriptive analysis of the documentary evidence; 3. Creating a model: cemeteries of the Merovingian civitas of Metz; 4. Testing the model: cemeteries outside the civitas of Metz; Part II. Settlement: 5. Rural settlement; 6. Intermediate settlement: Castra, vici, palaces and monasteries; 7. Urbanism in Metz; Part III. Conclusions: 8. Town and country, c. 450-c. 600; 9. The later Merovingian period; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Guy Halsall, Guy (Birkbeck College Halsall, Halsall Guy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521521895
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52189-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Holy Roman Empire, Ancient History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE