Ian Wood

The Merovingian Kingdoms 450 - 751 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive survey which begins with the rise of the Franks, then examines the Merovingians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317871156
• Artikelnr.: 47511472

Autorenporträt

Ian Wood

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations.  Preface.  Introduction: Constructing Merovingian
History.  1. The Barbarians in Gaul.  2. Literary continuity
anddiscontinuity: Late-fifth-and-sixth-century culture.  3. The
establishment of Merovingian power: the Franks before 537.  4. Kings and
kingdoms: the structure of the realm in the 6th century.  5. The limites of
ecclesiastical power: Episocopal jurisdiction and politics.  6. Stability
in disunity: the civil wars of the 6th century.  7. Laws and law-codes:
Merovingian legislation.  8. Royal women: Fredegund, ~Brunhilda and
Radegund.  9. Redefining the Kingdom: Chlothar II, Dagobert I, Sigibert III
and Clovis II.  10. The Merovingians and their neighbours.  11. The place
of the monasteries: politics and the religious life, 613-64.  12. Land,
wealth and the economy.  13. The failure of consensus: Merovingian politics
from 656-80.  14. The culture of churchmen: education, theology and
book-production in the later 7th century.  15. The check on ambition:
Merovingian politics, 680-721.  16. Towards reunification: wars and
politics, 721-751.  17. The Northern Emporia: Quentovic, Dorestad and the
`Sceatta' economy.   18. Mission aaccomplished: the Merovingian church east
of the Rhine.  Conclusion: The Merovingian achievement.