Changing Perspectives on England and the Continent in the Early - Middle Age

Zusatztext '...this excellent volume offers both a wide array of perspectives on and new avenues of research for scholars of both Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe alike' - English Historical Review Informationen zum Autor Anton Scharer is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Vienna! Austria. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together articles dealing with conversion, court culture and royal representation in Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe. Scharer's essays address the roles of language, monasticism and society in the spread of Christianity, explore historiography and the transmission of ideas via the figure of Alfred the Great. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; The conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kings in the 7th and 8th century; The role of language in Bede's Ecclesiastical History; Insular mission to the continent in the early Middle Ages; The Gregorian tradition in early England; Die angelsächsischen Königreiche: Vielfalt und Einheit; Die intitulationes der angelsächsischen Könige im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert; King Alfred and late Carolingian Europe; The writing of history at King Alfred's court; A new second 'English' Ordo?; Alfred the Great and Arnulf of Carinthia: a comparison; The king's voice: on the expression of personal concern in early medieval diplomas; Charlemagne's daughters; Duke Tassilo of Bavaria and the origins of the Rupertus Cross; Objects of royal representation in England and on the Continent; Bishops in Ottonian Bavaria; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Anton Scharer, Scharer Anton
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2014
• EAN: 9781409465768
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-6576-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies Series; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE