Writing the Early Medieval West

ISBN-13: 9781316648162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 331 str.

Elina Screen; Charles West

Opis

This innovative collection re-evaluates the function and significance of the written word in early medieval Europe.

Recenzje

'There are many ways to measure the enormous impact Rosamond McKitterick has had on the study of early medieval history over the past four decades. The present volume provides one index: the fifteen contributors include just fourteen of the forty-seven (!) scholars whose PhD dissertations she has supervised. After an Introduction by Marios Costambeys and Matthew Innes that offers a more qualitative assessment of McKitterick's influence and shows how her work points to the future, the book unfolds in three parts, each with a brief introduction, that echo her principal lines of research: history and memory, the study of manuscripts, and the Carolingian construction of power through the written word. … this [book] … repays time spent with several chapters. That will be especially true for young scholars starting out on research in this vibrant field.' Adam J. Kosto, The Medieval Review

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: a study in the education of a society? Marios Costambeys and Matthew Innes; Part I. Knowledge of the Past: 2. Flavius Josephus: the most influential classical historian of the early Middle Ages Richard Matthew Pollard; 3. Bede and the changing image of Rome and the Romans Paul Hilliard; 4. Paul the Deacon and Rome Marios Costambeys; 5. History and (selective) memory: articulating community and division in Folcuin's Gesta abbatum Lobiensium Ingrid Rembold; 6. 'Appropriate to the religion of their time': Walahfrid's historicisation of the liturgy Christina Pössel; 7. The order of history: liturgical time and the rhythms of the past in Amalarius of Metz's De ordine Antiphonarii Graeme Ward; Part II. The Written Word in Early Medieval Europe: The View from the Manuscripts: 8. The manuscript evidence for pharmacy in the early Middle Ages Nicholas Everett; 9. Monte Cassino's network of knowledge: the earliest manuscript evidence Sven Meeder; 10. Strategies of knowledge organisation in early medieval Latin glossary miscellanies: the example of Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14388 Anna Dorofeeva; 11. 'Dissonance of speech, consonance of meaning': the 862 Council of Aachen and the transmission of Carolingian conciliar records Charles West; Part III. Texts and Early Medieval Rulers: 12. The Moorish kingdoms and the written word: three 'textual communities' in fifth- and sixth-century Mauretania Andy Merrills; 13. When liturgy gets out of hand Yitzhak Hen; 14. The formation of a European identity: revisiting Charlemagne's coinage Simon Coupland; 15. Queenship in dispute: Fastrada, history and law Matthew Innes; 16. Remembering and forgetting Lothar I Elina Screen; Bibliography; List of manuscripts; General index.