The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolingians 751-987

ISBN-13: 9780582490055 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 432 str.

Rosamond McKitterick

Opis

Rosamond McKitterick examines the entire history of the Carolinian dynasty in its full political and cultural context. Her account tells of a succession of rulers during whose ascendancy the foundations of the governmental, administrative and ecclesiastical institutions of Europe were established.

Spis treści

List of figures.  List of genealogical tables.  List of maps.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  List of abbreviations.  1. The sources.  2. From major domus to rex francorum: the emergence of the Carolingians.  3. Conquest and consolidation: Pippin III and Charlemagne.  4. The means of ruling.  5. Louis the Pious and the Christian Empire.  6. The foundations of the Carolingian renaissance.  7. Charles the Bald and the defence of Carolingian kingship.  8. Scholarship, book production and libraries: the flowering of the Carolingian renaissance.  9. Normandy, Brittany and Flanders.  10. Odo and the emergence of the Robertians.  11. Learning and monasticism in the tenth century.  12. The last Carolingians
Bibliography of principal sources.  A note on further reading.  Genealogical tables.  Maps.  Index of manuscripts.  General index

O autorze

Rosamond McKitterick