Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe

Alsace and the Frankish Realm, 600-1000

AvHans J. Hummer

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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How exactly did political power operate in early medieval Europe? Taking Alsace as his focus, Hans Hummer offers an intriguing new case study on localised and centralised power and the relationship between the two from c. 600-1000. Providing a panoramic survey of the sources from the region, which include charters, notarial formulas, royal instruments, and Old High German literature, he untangles the networks of monasteries and kin groups which made up the political landscape of Alsace, and shows the significance of monastic control in shaping that landscape. He also investigates this local structure in light of comparative evidence from other regions. He tracks the emergence of the distinctive local order during the seventh century to its eventual decline in the late tenth century in the face of radical monastic reform. Highly original and well balanced, this 2006 work is of interest to all students of medieval political structures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521114486

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Hans J. Hummer is Assistant Professor of History, Wayne State University. He has published articles in a number of journals including Early Medieval Europe, Francia and Deutsches Archiv.

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"...[W]ell written in clear, and often elegant, prose...This book makes an important contribution to the growing body of newer scholarship on the Carolingian Empire...It deserves to be considered in equal measure by historians interested in the connection between monastic reform movements and the transformation of territorial lordships and familial self-perception in the eleventh century." -John Eldevik, Pomona College, Canadian Journal of History

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. The late Merovingian order; 2. Conquest and continuity; 3. The Carolingians and ecclesiastical property; 4. Reaction and resistance; 5. The politics of old German; 6. Imperial unity and regional power; 7. The late Carolingian order; 8. The tenth-century transformation; Conclusions.