State and Society in the Early Middle Ages - The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000

Klappentext A detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire during the 'Dark Ages'. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 2000! shows just how much can be discovered about the so-called 'Dark Ages'! offering a detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire! and suggesting the need to rethink our understanding of political power in the early Middle Ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Monasticism, spiritual patronage and social structure; 3. Land, kinship and status; 4. Local power: collective action, conflict and consensus; 5. Locality and centre: mechanisms of extraction; 6. Political power from the fifth to the eleventh century; 7. Conclusion: state and society in the early medieval west; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Matthew Innes, Matthew (Birkbeck College Innes
• Assisted by: Christine Carpenter (Editor), Rosamond McKitterick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521027168
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02716-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology