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

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.

Summary

Using a range of evidence, Chandler addresses the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March as part of the Carolingian 'experiment'. Tracing the region's relationship with the monarchy over two centuries, he revises traditional views of ethnic motivations for action and prior interpretations of the constitutional birth of Catalonia.

Product details

• Authors: Cullen J. Chandler, CHANDLER CULLEN J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781108465199
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46519-9
• No. of pages: 337
• Series: 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