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A new interpretation of Charlemagne, examining how the Frankish king and his men learned to govern the first European empire.
A new interpretation of Charlemagne, examining how the Frankish king and his men learned to govern the first European empire.
Über den Autor
Jennifer R. Davis is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies, as well as Associate Director of the Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies, at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC. She was trained at Harvard University, Massachusetts and the University of Cambridge, receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2007. She is the co-editor, with Michael McCormick, of The Long Morning of Medieval Europe (2008). She is also the author of a number of articles on early medieval politics and on Charlemagne, as well as on Louis IX of France. Her current research is on the invention of the capitularies, a form of royal law, by the Merovingian Franks, and the transformation of these legal sources from the sixth to the twelfth centuries, based largely on the manuscript evidence. She has held fellowships from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, the American Philosophical Society, the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, and the American Academy in Rome, and was the holder of a Fulbright grant to France.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Strategic Rulership: Introduction: tools of control and coercion; 1. Managing royal agents; 2. Disciplining royal agents; 3. Fractured control: Charlemagne's response to dissent; Conclusion: control and its limits; Part II. Center and Region in Charlemagne's Empire: Introduction: unity and diversity in Charlemagne's empire; 4. An empire of regions?; 5. The conquered regions as arenas for experimentation; 6. The nature of the empire: centralization and communication; Conclusion: the imperial character of Charlemagne's realm; Part III. An Empire of Practice: Introduction: continuity, change, and the building of an empire; 7. The chronology of the reign; 8. Recta via: the dynamics of political change; Conclusion: an empire of practice; Conclusion: Charlemagne's invention of medieval rulership; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781107434134 |
ISBN-10: | 1107434130 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Davis, Jennifer R. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jennifer R. Davis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.01.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,79 kg |
Über den Autor
Jennifer R. Davis is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies, as well as Associate Director of the Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies, at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC. She was trained at Harvard University, Massachusetts and the University of Cambridge, receiving her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2007. She is the co-editor, with Michael McCormick, of The Long Morning of Medieval Europe (2008). She is also the author of a number of articles on early medieval politics and on Charlemagne, as well as on Louis IX of France. Her current research is on the invention of the capitularies, a form of royal law, by the Merovingian Franks, and the transformation of these legal sources from the sixth to the twelfth centuries, based largely on the manuscript evidence. She has held fellowships from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, the American Philosophical Society, the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, and the American Academy in Rome, and was the holder of a Fulbright grant to France.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Strategic Rulership: Introduction: tools of control and coercion; 1. Managing royal agents; 2. Disciplining royal agents; 3. Fractured control: Charlemagne's response to dissent; Conclusion: control and its limits; Part II. Center and Region in Charlemagne's Empire: Introduction: unity and diversity in Charlemagne's empire; 4. An empire of regions?; 5. The conquered regions as arenas for experimentation; 6. The nature of the empire: centralization and communication; Conclusion: the imperial character of Charlemagne's realm; Part III. An Empire of Practice: Introduction: continuity, change, and the building of an empire; 7. The chronology of the reign; 8. Recta via: the dynamics of political change; Conclusion: an empire of practice; Conclusion: Charlemagne's invention of medieval rulership; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781107434134 |
ISBN-10: | 1107434130 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Davis, Jennifer R. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 30 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jennifer R. Davis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.01.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,79 kg |
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