Merovingian worlds:

The Merovingian Kingdoms (c. 450-751) dominated much of what is now France, Belgium, and Germany, and were the most powerful and long-lived of the states that transformed the inheritance of Rome after the Crisis of the Fifth Century. Yet they often remain representative of an imagined 'Dark Age...

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Main Author: Palmer, James ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2025
Series:Cambridge medieval textbooks
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656573?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656573?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656573?locatt=mode:legacy
Summary:The Merovingian Kingdoms (c. 450-751) dominated much of what is now France, Belgium, and Germany, and were the most powerful and long-lived of the states that transformed the inheritance of Rome after the Crisis of the Fifth Century. Yet they often remain representative of an imagined 'Dark Age', in which civility was eroded by migration, violence, illiteracy, superstition, and a retreat from globality. Through a deep exploration of manuscripts, charters, and burials, Merovingian Worlds offers a fresh account of the period, outlining its complexities, diversity and creativity. This was a world built on dynamic political, socio-economic, cultural, and religious interactions, and shaped by its wide-ranging connections from Britain and Ireland to Byzantium and beyond. The book provides a critical introduction to the rich source material and the modern debates that shaped our perception of Western Europe after the Fall of Rome
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Introduction : anarchy and complexity -- History and its historians -- Identities and status -- Power in the early Merovingian world (c. 450-613) -- The rise of the shadow kings (613-751) -- Economies, people and nature -- Literacy and culture -- The Frankish churches -- Religions and the wider world
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 296 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108656573
DOI:10.1017/9781108656573