Late Merovingian France

Late Merovingian France
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 0719047919
ISBN-13 : 9780719047916
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Book Synopsis Late Merovingian France by : Paul Fouracre

Download or read book Late Merovingian France written by Paul Fouracre and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of documents brings together the seminal sources for the Late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It interprets the chronicles and saints' lives to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity and power relationships.

Late Merovingian France

Late Merovingian France
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9781526112781
ISBN-13 : 1526112787
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Book Synopsis Late Merovingian France by : Paul Fouracre

Download or read book Late Merovingian France written by Paul Fouracre and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. The book makes available a range of 7th- and early 8th-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English. It opens with a broad-ranging explanation of the historical background to the translated texts and then each source is accompanied by a full commentary and an introductory essay exploring its authorship, language and subject matter. The sources are rich in the detail of Merovingian political life. Their subjects are the powerful in society and they reveal the successful interplay between power and sanctity, a process which came to underpin much of European culture throughout the early Middle Ages.

Late Merovingian France

Late Merovingian France
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Total Pages : 397
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1132176066
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Book Synopsis Late Merovingian France by : Paul Fouracre

Download or read book Late Merovingian France written by Paul Fouracre and published by . This book was released on with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Before France and Germany

Before France and Germany
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 0195044584
ISBN-13 : 9780195044584
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Book Synopsis Before France and Germany by : Patrick J. Geary

Download or read book Before France and Germany written by Patrick J. Geary and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative new study, Patrick Geary rejects traditional notions of European history to present the Merovingian period (ca. 400-750) as an integral part of Late Antiquity. Drawing on current scholarship in archaeology, cultural history, historical ethnography, and other fields, the author formulates an original interpretation not only of Merovingian history but of the Romano-barbarian world from which it arose. Mapping the complex interactions of a volatile era, he carefully traces the Romanization of barbarians and the barbarization of Romans that ultimately made these populations indistinguishable. (BARNES & NOBLE).

The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World

The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 1166
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ISBN-10 : 9780190234188
ISBN-13 : 0190234180
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World by : Bonnie Effros

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World written by Bonnie Effros and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 1166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines research from a variety of fields, including archaeology, bio-archaeology, architecture, hagiographic literature, manuscripts, liturgy, visionary literature and eschalology, patristics, numismatics, and material culture, Diverse list of contributors, many whose research has never before been available in English, Provides substantial research regarding women's history in the Merovingian period, Expands research beyond Europe to include other cultures that came in contact with the Merovingians Book jacket.

Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages

Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9780520928183
ISBN-13 : 0520928180
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Book Synopsis Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages by : Bonnie Effros

Download or read book Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages written by Bonnie Effros and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-03-03 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clothing, jewelry, animal remains, ceramics, coins, and weaponry are among the artifacts that have been discovered in graves in Gaul dating from the fifth to eighth century. Those who have unearthed them, from the middle ages to the present, have speculated widely on their meaning. This authoritative book makes a major contribution to the study of death and burial in late antique and early medieval society with its long overdue systematic discussion of this mortuary evidence. Tracing the history of Merovingian archaeology within its cultural and intellectual context for the first time, Effros exposes biases and prejudices that have colored previous interpretations of these burial sites and assesses what contemporary archaeology can tell us about the Frankish kingdoms. Working at the intersection of history and archaeology, and drawing from anthropology and art history, Effros emphasizes in particular the effects of historical events and intellectual movements on French and German antiquarian and archaeological studies of these grave goods. Her discussion traces the evolution of concepts of nationhood, race, and culture and shows how these concepts helped shape an understanding of the past. Effros then turns to contemporary multidisciplinary methodologies and finds that we are still limited by the types of information that can be readily gleaned from physical and written sources of Merovingian graves. For example, since material evidence found in the graves of elite families and particularly elite men is more plentiful and noteworthy, mortuary goods do not speak as directly to the conditions in which women and the poor lived. The clarity and sophistication with which Effros discusses the methods and results of European archaeology is a compelling demonstration of the impact of nationalist ideologies on a single discipline and of the struggle toward the more pluralistic vision that has developed in the post-war years.

The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751

The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751
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Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : UOM:49015002039312
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Book Synopsis The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751 by : Ian N. Wood

Download or read book The Merovingian Kingdoms, 450-751 written by Ian N. Wood and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1994 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries immediately following the collapse of Roman rule in what is now France are an extraordinarily tangled time that is frequently dismissed as no more than a chaotic prelude to Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty. Ian Wood's aim is to demonstrate that there was more to Merovingian France than fratricidal kinglets, murderous queens, corrupt bishops and otherworldly monastic saints.