Carolingian Catalonia: Politics, Culture, and Identity in an Imperial Province, 778-987

ISBN-13: 9781108465199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 337 str.

Cullen J. Chandler

Opis

Traces the political development of the Carolingian Spanish March and revises traditional interpretations of Catalonia's political and constitutional history.

Recenzje

'To the Franks, Catalonia was the province that got away, while to the Crown of Aragon the area brought cultural and commercial contacts from beyond the Pyrenees and into the Mediterranean. Chandler studies the central influence of the Carolingian rulers on Catalonia, not to illustrate the creation of sovereign nationhood on the advent of the Capetians, but to illuminate the area as a component element of Charlemagne's empire. Recommended.' L. C. Attreed, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Gothic Catalonia and Septimania to 778; 2. Creating the Spanish March, 778–840; 3. March and monarchy, 840–878; 4. Counts, church and kings, 877–947; 5. Learned culture in Carolingian Catalonia; 6. The March toward sovereignty? (947–988); Conclusion: Carolingian Catalonia, 778–988.