Conquest and Christianization - Saxony and the Carolingian World, 772-888

Re-evaluates the political integration and Christianization of Saxony following its violent conquest (772-804) by Charlemagne.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Politics of Conquest: 1. The Saxon Wars; 2. The Stellinga; Part II. Conversion and Christianization: 3. Founders and patrons; 4. Religion and society; Conclusion.

About the author

Ingrid Rembold is a Junior Research Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford. Her research to date has examined themes relating to governance, monasticism, and Christianization in the early medieval world. Her publications include articles in Early Medieval Europe, the Journal of Medieval History, and History Compass. She was awarded the Early Medieval Europe Essay Prize and the Prince Consort and Thirlwall Prize and Seeley Medal.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Rembold, Ingrid (University of Oxford) Rembold
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107196216
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19621-6
• No. of pages: 292
• 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; Europa, Europe, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Church history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE