Politics and History in the Tenth Century

The Work and World of Richer of Reims

AvJason Glenn

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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This book stands at the intersection of recent work in historiography and the study of political culture in the early Middle Ages. It takes the autograph manuscript of a tenth-century monk, Richer, as a point of entry into the author's world, and asks how he and his contemporaries in the religious and intellectual community of Reims engaged in Frankish politics. By shifting focus from the events and actors that typically occupy centre stage in political theatre to the writing of history and its authors, it offers a sustained reflection on the relationship between politics and history. As a case study it aims, ultimately, to articulate possibilities for the study of early medieval politics and, at the same time, to provide a model for a type of historical inquiry in which the development of questions and the exploration of possibilities stand more prominent than the conclusions drawn from them.

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Utgivningsdatum:2004-10-14
Mått:161 x 237 x 28 mm
Vikt:690 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Antal sidor:354
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521834872

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Jason Glenn is Assistant Professor of History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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"Glenn's work combines many sophisticated literary and historical techniques to be a model of this sort of study." Daniel Boice

Innehållsförteckning

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the notes and other conventions; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Religious and Intellectual Landscapes: 1. Richer of Reims; 2. Cantor and canon at the cathedral of Reims; 3. Intellectual culture; 4. Monk at Saint-Remigius; Conclusions; Part II. Political History: 5. A Frankish civil war, 987–991; 6. Archbishop Gerbert of Reims, 981–988; 7. Richer and his narrative; 8. A tenth-century treasure; Conclusions; Part III. Historian and Community, Past and Present: 9. Flodoard of Reims; 10. Carolingians and Robertians, 888–929; 11. The contested see of Reims, 925–948; 12. Kingship and community; Conclusions; Epilogue: a curious journey; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.