A Sacred Kingdom - Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship 300-850

Michael Edward Moore is assistant professor of medieval and European history at the University of Iowa.

About the author

Michael Edward Moore is associate professor of medieval and European history at the University of Iowa.

Summary

Drawing on the records of nearly 100 bishops' councils spanning the centuries, alongside royal law, edicts, and capitularies of the same period, this study details how royal law and the very character of kingship among the Franks were profoundly affected by episcopal traditions of law and social order.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Moore, Michael Edward Moore
• Publisher: Catholic univ of america press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2016
• EAN: 9780813229621
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-2962-1
• No. of pages: 434
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Early; Studies in Medieval and Early
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity