Charlemagne Empire and Society

by Story, Joanna

• ISBN13: 9780719070891
• ISBN10: 0719070899
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-03
• Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

This book focuses directly on the reign of Charlemagne, bringing together a wide range of perspectives and sources with contributions from fifteen of the top scholars of early medieval Europe. The contributors have taken a number of original approaches to the subject, from the fields of archaeology and numismatics to thoroughly-researched essays on key historical texts. The essays are embedded in the scholarship of recent decades but also offer insights into new areas and new approaches for research. A full bibliography of works in English as well as key reading in European languages is provided, making the volume essential reading for experienced scholars as well as students new to the history of the early middle ages.

Author Biography

Joanna Story is Lecturer in Early Medieval History at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
List of contributors	xi
Preface	xiii
List of abbreviations	xv
Introduction: Charlemagne's reputation
Joanna Story	1	(4)
1 The long shadow of the Merovingians
Paul Fouracre	5	(17)
2 Charlemagne the man
Janet L. Nelson	22	(16)
3 Einhard's Charlemagne: the characterisation of greatness
David Ganz	38	(14)
4 Charlemagne's imperial coronation and the Annals of Lorsch
Roger Collins	52	(19)
5 Charlemagne's government
Matthew Innes	71	(19)
6 Charlemagne and the aristocracy: captains and kings
Stuart Airlie	90	(13)
7 Charlemagne's church
Mayke de Jong	103	(33)
8 Charlemagne's 'men of God': Alcuin, Hildebald, Arn
Donald A. Bullough	136	(15)
9 The Carolingian renaissance of culture and learning
Rosamond McKitterick	151	(16)
10 Charlemagne and the renewal of Rome
Neil Christie	167	(16)
11 Charlemagne and the world beyond the Rhine
Timothy Reuter	183	(12)
12 Charlemagne and the Anglo-Saxons
Joanna Story	195	(16)
13 Charlemagne's coinage: ideology and economy
Simon Coupland	211	(19)
14 Rural settlement hierarchy in the age of Charlemagne
Christopher Loveluck	230	(29)
15 Urban developments in the age of Charlemagne
Frans Verhaeghe with Christopher Loveluck and Joanna Story	259	(30)
Bibliography	289	(28)
Index	317