State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000
This book shows just how much can be discovered about the so-called "Dark Ages," between the fall of Rome and the high Middle Ages. Whereas it is believed widely that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of social and political relationships, State and Society in the Early Middle Ages offers a detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire, and suggests the need to rethink our understanding of political power in this period.
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State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000
This book shows just how much can be discovered about the so-called "Dark Ages," between the fall of Rome and the high Middle Ages. Whereas it is believed widely that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of social and political relationships, State and Society in the Early Middle Ages offers a detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire, and suggests the need to rethink our understanding of political power in this period.
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State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000

State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000

by Matthew Innes
State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000

State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley, 400-1000

by Matthew Innes

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This book shows just how much can be discovered about the so-called "Dark Ages," between the fall of Rome and the high Middle Ages. Whereas it is believed widely that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of social and political relationships, State and Society in the Early Middle Ages offers a detailed analysis of the workings of society at the heart of Charlemagne's empire, and suggests the need to rethink our understanding of political power in this period.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521027168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/02/2006
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series , #47
Edition description: 1ST
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.87(d)
Lexile: 1610L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Monasticism, spiritual patronage and social structure; 3. Land, kinship and status; 4. Local power: collective action, conflict and consensus; 5. Locality and centre: mechanisms of extraction; 6. Political power from the fifth to the eleventh century; 7. Conclusion: state and society in the early medieval west; Bibliography; Index.
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