Frankish History - Studies in the Construction of Power

Sommario

Contents: Foreword; Part I History and Hagiography: The work of Audoenos of Rouen and Eligius of Noyon in extending episcopal influence from the town to the country in 7th-century Neustria; Merovingian history and Merovingian hagiography; The origins of the Carolingian attempt to regulate the cult of saints; Forgetting and remembering Dagobert II: the English connection; Why were so many bishops killed in Merovingian Francia? Part II Merovingians and Carolingians: Merovingians, mayors of the palace and the notion of a ’low-born’ Ebroin; The long shadow of the Merovingians; Comparing the resources of Merovingian and Carolingian states: problems and perspectives; The context of the OHG Ludwigslied. Part III Power, Justice and the Maintenance of Order: ’Placita’ and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia; Carolingian justice: the rhetoric of improvement and contexts of abuse; Eternal light and earthly needs: practical aspects of the development of Frankish immunities; The nature of Frankishpolitical institutions in the 7th century; Cultural conformity and social conservatism in early medieval Europe; Marmoutier and its serfs in the 11th century; The uses of the term beneficium in Frankish sources. A society based on favours?; Index.

Info autore

Paul Fouracre is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Manchester, UK.

Riassunto

The volume consists of sixteen papers on the history of Francia between the seventh and eleventh centuries.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Fouracre, Fouracre Paul, Paul Fouracre
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.03.2013
• EAN: 9781409451594
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-5159-4
• Pagine: 368
• Serie: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies Series; Variorum Collected Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / General, Medieval History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval