Province and Empire - Brittany and the Carolingians

Zusammenfassung This book is a study of imperialism and its consequences in the early Middle Ages. Focusing on the development of Brittany as a Carolingian principality! this book offers interpretations of the largest western empire of the medieval period. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on nomenclature; Introduction; 1. Settlement and society in dark age Brittany; 2. Neustria and the Breton march; 3. The Bretons in the Christian empire of Louis the Pious; 4. Carolingian hegemony and Breton revolts, 840-874; 5. An anatomy of power; 6. Churches and learning in Carolingian Brittany; 7. The end of Carolingian Brittany; List of manuscripts cited; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Smith Julia M. H., Julia M. H. Smith, Julia M. H. (Trinity College Smith
• Assisted by: Rosamond Mckitterick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521030304
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03030-4
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book