Carolingian Catalonia - Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province, 778-987

Traces the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March and revises traditional interpretations of Catalonia's political and constitutional history.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Gothic Catalonia and Septimania to 778; 2. Creating the Spanish March, 778-840; 3. March and monarchy, 840-878; 4. Counts, church and kings, 877-947; 5. Learned culture in Carolingian Catalonia; 6. The March toward sovereignty? (947-988); Conclusion: Carolingian Catalonia, 778-988.

About the author

Cullen J. Chandler is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Lycoming College, Pennsylvania. He has, with Steven Stofferahn, co-edited a Festschrift in honour of John J. Contreni, and his first article, 'Between Court and Counts', won the Early Medieval Europe-Blackwell Essay Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Cullen Chandler, Cullen J. Chandler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108474641
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47464-1
• 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; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; French, Europe, France, European History, Spain, English, HISTORY / Europe / General, CE period up to c 1500, Spanish, Medieval History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE