The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9781107658394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 341 str.

Jamie Kreiner

Opis

This book shows how a set of great stories changed the political playing field in an early medieval society.

Recenzje

'Kreiner is both an engaging analyst of hagiography and an efficient guide through the 'real world' of Merovingian society. … provides us with a rich and subtle examination of the way that hagiographical literature could be constructed in the early Middle Ages.' Richard Sowerby, Early Medieval Europe

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Hagiographical argument and legal culture; 2. The style and science of persuasion; 3. Double-scope narrative and the economy of government; 4. Property and community beyond the cult; 5. The Carolingian synthesis; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.